Wildflowers in &#39;the backyard&#39;

@JudyEv (342175)

• Rockingham, Australia

10 Sep 20

I know we are lucky to have such a property. Some of the wildflowers can now be purchased and grown in a garden but some are very hard to cultivate.

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Arunima Singh

@arunima25 (87854)

• Bangalore, India

10 Sep 20

@JudyEv Here too we have some wild flowers that are too pretty. But they have sharp thorns and some cause allergy and I know of one with pretty yellow flowers growing on sides of highways here. They are very itchy.

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@JudyEv (342175)

• Rockingham, Australia

10 Sep 20

@arunima25 I don't think any of ours need to be avoided although some are poisonous to stock.

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Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (19565)

• London, England

10 Sep 20

I like wild flowers and have them planted in my front planter. Only managed four poppies and an unknown yellow one. Love to have something like the ones in the photo

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@JudyEv (342175)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Sep 20

Most of these don't grow well in cultivated gardens although kangaroo paws, everlastings and Sturt peas are some that do well. These Sturt peas were in a street garden. It's good you have wildflowers growing.

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@JudyEv (342175)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Sep 20

@Ronrybs Funny you should ask!! lol I do just happen to have one or two.

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Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (19565)

• London, England

11 Sep 20

@JudyEv Never heard of any of those, not much of a gardener, am I! Do you have a picture of kangaroo paw?

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changjiangzhibin89

@changjiangzhibin89 (16789)

• China

13 Sep 20

I envy you having a large backyard draped in varieties of wild flowers ! I haven't seen those flowers in the collage before and only know the spider orchid by name.

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changjiangzhibin89

@changjiangzhibin89 (16789)

• China

14 Sep 20

@JudyEv Yes,we have.I have some potted orchids which have sweet-smelling flowers.

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@JudyEv (342175)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Sep 20

@changjiangzhibin89 Your plant looks very pretty. Our wild orchids don't seem to have any scent.

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@JudyEv (342175)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Sep 20

We have a lot of lovely and unusual wildflowers. There are a great number of different orchids but many of them are very tiny. I'm sure China has its own unique wildflowers too.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (112983)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Sep 20

Those are beautiful. You've got a good eye.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (112983)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Sep 20

Yes they are @JudyEv I have very few wild flowers here and all of them are very tiny.

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@JudyEv (342175)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Sep 20

@rebelann Most of ours are tiny too.

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@JudyEv (342175)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Sep 20

Thanks. Our wildflowers are very pretty.

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PsalmOneCares

@everwonderwhy (7376)

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11 Sep 20

Amazing wild flowers, Judy! I love walking in our property, too.

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@JudyEv (342175)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Sep 20

@everwonderwhy Everlastings make a beautiful display in our more northern areas. We see them here but not in such large quantities as farther north.

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@JudyEv (342175)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Sep 20

Do you wildflowers coming up in any of it?

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PsalmOneCares

@everwonderwhy (7376)

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11 Sep 20

@JudyEv Yes, we do. We have plentiful of the purple star ones, so tiny. I'll dig up my hubby's photo collection. Also, the everlastings or paper golden flowers.

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Scott Andersen

@DocAndersen (54402)

• United States

11 Sep 20

sadly i have a black thumb.

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@JudyEv (342175)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Sep 20

Black??? Wow, that's really bad - or did you hit it with a hammer?

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@JudyEv (342175)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Sep 20

@DocAndersen Sorry - I did know that. We talk about having a green thumb or green fingers if you are good with plants too.

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crazyhorseladycx

@crazyhorseladycx (39509)

• United States

10 Sep 20

aw, i wanna come 'n visit ya! i 'dore wildflowers'n their splendor. most here're 'lso tiny 'n quite oft o'erlooked. what a lovely collection 'f beauty ya got there. i found that one here that i'd been leavin' out'n the pasture'n 'round the place 'tis actually a deadly plant. the 'ntire thingy 'tis toxic - roots/leaves/stems/flowers/berries! 3 ripe berries can kill a person. quite shockin', 've spent the past month tryin' to get 'em all gone. would love to've some 'f these beauties 'f yer 'nstead!

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crazyhorseladycx

@crazyhorseladycx (39509)

• United States

11 Sep 20

@JudyEv i'd 'ctually a native blanket flower pop'p here'n the pasture this summer. 'twas most surprised'n guarded such purty well. we've some'f those no-see'ums, too. i keep hopin' to work't returnin' the lands's they should be here. years 'f neglect'n the hubs o'ergrazin' 've taken quite the toll. but, i'm a makin' progress.

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@JudyEv (342175)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Sep 20

@crazyhorseladycx That's good that you are making progress. There were a lot of mistakes made in the past in agricultural and pastoral areas.

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@JudyEv (342175)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Sep 20

These are all tiny too and can be difficult to spot as they are not as numerous as they once were. The cowslips are very common.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (80783)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

11 Sep 20

Such lovely flowers.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (80783)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

12 Sep 20

@JudyEv so beautiful

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@JudyEv (342175)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Sep 20

Thanks. In areas where they are thick, they attract a lot of tourists. These are everlastings which sometimes cover a large area.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (317238)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

10 Sep 20

They're beautiful.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (317238)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

11 Sep 20

@JudyEv I'm glad there is.

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@JudyEv (342175)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Sep 20

Thanks. There is an amazing variety.

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Manuela Lopes

@nela13 (58710)

• Portugal

10 Sep 20

Oh my, those flowers are so beautiful, I would never say they are wild.

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@JudyEv (342175)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Sep 20

Most cannot be grown in a garden. They don't like being transplanted from their natural environment.

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Manuela Lopes

@nela13 (58710)

• Portugal

12 Sep 20

@JudyEv nature give us beautiful things.

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

10 Sep 20

Nice collage of flowers. Wildflowers are the best.

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@JudyEv (342175)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Sep 20

There are many people touring in the more northern regions and chasing the wildflowers.

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@JudyEv (342175)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Sep 20

@CarolDM We did it several years ago and naturally got lots of photos.

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

11 Sep 20

@JudyEv Sounds like fun.

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nawala

@nawala123 (20871)

• Indonesia

11 Sep 20

beauty in the wild

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@JudyEv (342175)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Sep 20

Yes, there are many beautiful things in nature.

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nawala

@nawala123 (20871)

• Indonesia

12 Sep 20

@JudyEv yeah same here. Many wild flower in jungle,esp orchid

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Raj

@Butterfingers (66583)

• India

12 Sep 20

That's a vast property and glad you njoy it

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@JudyEv (342175)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Sep 20

It isn't really considered big over here but we enjoy it very much. Thanks.

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Raj

@Butterfingers (66583)

• India

12 Sep 20

@JudyEv Great

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Delyn Ashley

@Delynn (25)

• Kwekwe, Zimbabwe

10 Sep 20

I love flowers so much ??

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@JudyEv (342175)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Sep 20

Flowers bring a lot of pleasure to people, don't they?

Delyn Ashley

@Delynn (25)

• Kwekwe, Zimbabwe

11 Sep 20

@JudyEv they surely do.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (472078)

• Switzerland

10 Sep 20

Those wild orchids are beautiful, but also the pea flowers are pretty.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (472078)

• Switzerland

10 Sep 20

@JudyEv I have read that some are poisonous, but they are pretty.

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@JudyEv (342175)

• Rockingham, Australia

10 Sep 20

We have a lot of pea type flowers. Some of them are poisonous to stock.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (108196)

• Marion, Ohio

10 Sep 20

They look wonderful.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (108196)

• Marion, Ohio

11 Sep 20

@JudyEv I especially like the orchids. They are very pretty

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@JudyEv (342175)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Sep 20

Thanks. Vince said there are dozens at the golf course too.

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DianneN

@DianneN (247184)

• United States

10 Sep 20

They are each so beautiful. We have wildflowers here in the spring and fall.

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DianneN

@DianneN (247184)

• United States

10 Sep 20

@JudyEv Oh, I spot them all!

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@JudyEv (342175)

• Rockingham, Australia

10 Sep 20

Yes, I agree. And some are tiny and hard to spot.

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Krissttina Isobe

@oahuwriter (26777)

• United States

10 Sep 20

So gorgeous! Can you pick them for your table?

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@JudyEv (342175)

• Rockingham, Australia

10 Sep 20

It's illegal now to pick wildflowers. Some are now quite rare and some have disappeared forever.

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Krissttina Isobe

@oahuwriter (26777)

• United States

14 Sep 20

@JudyEv I can understand for they are very pretty.

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Lavanya

@Lavanya15 (12888)

• Chennai, India

10 Sep 20

Those looking so beautiful but why you say as wild my friend.

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@JudyEv (342175)

• Rockingham, Australia

10 Sep 20

They are 'wild' because they grow in the natural bush. The land is government land and the plants just grow without any interference.

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Lavanya

@Lavanya15 (12888)

• Chennai, India

10 Sep 20

@JudyEv oh ok. Now I understand the

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Jessa Arienda

@Hanbinandaeyo (3301)

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10 Sep 20

you have a huge property... the flowers are beautiful...

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