Ox-eye daisies, botanically known as Leucanthemum vulgare, grow with wild abandon in my garden, punctuating the dry grasses with deep green foliage and bright white, yellow-eyed flowers.
I do have to pull some of them or they would take over everywhere. Not a bad-looking weed, is it?
If you'd like to see more, take a look at these photos.
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Sometimes the photo speaks for itself.
That's when I should just sit back and shut up.
How many critters can you find on this parsley umbel?
While you're figuring that out, here are a few links that you might find interesting.
Here on the north coast of California, we have many varieties of umbelliferous plants growing in the wild. It's a good idea to be able to tell the safe ones from the toxic.
Have you found all the critters yet?
Sometimes known as Blue Corn Lily, Eristea ecklonii is a shy plant in my garden that, at this moment, is putting out lots of blossoms, but just a few at a time each day.
Truly blue and rather special, I think.
