Comments on Lake Mary Musings: Minnesota Natives - Butterfly Weed, Royal Catchfly...

I think it's awesome to have such large stands...

2010-07-24T15:15:43.487-05:00

I think it's awesome to have such large stands of flowers. I have a few butterfly milkweeds scattered here and there. I'm thinking about putting more together. I do have one that is dying, though. I don't know if it's a disease that would spread, or what.

Anyway, I especially love your huge area of coneflowers. I have some that have come up from seed, and plan on

Wow - another set of gorgeous flowers. You're ...

2010-07-24T01:52:22.922-05:00

Wow - another set of gorgeous flowers. You're right to get 'em while you can - so nice to look at again when the snow is flying. My fav is the butterfly weed - love that colour orange - yep, must be my Dutch background ;-)

Hi Janell! Thank you. Yep, Lake Mary is pretty n...

2010-07-23T21:29:41.660-05:00

Hi Janell! Thank you. Yep, Lake Mary is pretty nice. In the summer. In the winter? Not so much :-(

Beautiful flowers. Love the purple coneflower (2nd...

2010-07-23T18:31:49.948-05:00

Beautiful flowers. Love the purple coneflower (2nd photo is my favorite). Lake Mary must be spectacular!

Nikki-ann, so glad you enjoyed the flower pics. T...

2010-07-19T06:43:21.860-05:00

Nikki-ann, so glad you enjoyed the flower pics. Thanks!

Poetic Shutterbug, if I ever deep fry the butterfly weed blossoms I will post photos! And thank you for the kind comments.

Michael, thank you. I would love to see a Van Gogh painting of coneflowers. Wonder if they were growing way back then?

Thanks, Judy. I have already been over to your new blog and can

I love your pictures. I definitely need to get a ...

2010-07-18T20:31:30.712-05:00

I love your pictures. I definitely need to get a better camera. Now that my Yellowstone Dreaming adventure is over, I have started a new blog, judyohio.blogspot.com. I hope you can follow.

I like the Coneflower pics. They look like somethi...

2010-07-18T07:40:04.643-05:00

I like the Coneflower pics. They look like something Van Gogh would have liked to paint.

Cheryl, what stunning shots. That butterfly weed ...

2010-07-17T13:34:09.576-05:00

Cheryl, what stunning shots. That butterfly weed does sound pretty good deep fried :) or is it that it's lunch time here and I'm hungry. What I really enjoy so much about your photos is the detail and the info you provide as well.

So beautiful. Thanks for sharing this pictures wit...

2010-07-17T09:50:17.138-05:00

So beautiful. Thanks for sharing this pictures with us :)

TechnoBabe, there are yellow coneflowers, too. I ...

2010-07-17T06:26:54.377-05:00

TechnoBabe, there are yellow coneflowers, too. I know someone who actually grows fields of them. They sell them commercially. That field is gorgeous when it's all in bloom.

J.R., Maggie & M. Hassan, thanks! I luv them, too!

Hi Hannah...Thank you. I'm trying different settings on my camera and I used the macro setting to get close up. I'll be using that

Very nice selection of Nature's salad, eye can...

2010-07-16T22:27:21.643-05:00

Very nice selection of Nature's salad, eye candy, pharmaceuticals -- and more. Plants and their properties are fascinating. I look forward to learning more from my visits here.

Flowers ARE fun, Teresa. Leah and Bag Lady, I agr...

2010-07-16T19:10:12.863-05:00

Flowers ARE fun, Teresa.

Leah and Bag Lady, I agree...you could boil them until the cows come home and I would not touch them!

(Am heading out to dinner with friends who are at the lake for the weekend...so will be back later!)

Thank you, everyone! I'm away all day and com...

2010-07-16T19:07:50.347-05:00

Thank you, everyone! I'm away all day and come home to find these nice comments...doesn't get any better than that!

darlin', the coneflowers do seed themselves so every year you would have more of them. It's a great perennial. They'd be perfect for you and we have our share of -30 degree weather, too. You could plant anything I have in my lakescaping and it

Such lovely flowers, and great photos! I especial...

2010-07-16T18:00:39.045-05:00

Such lovely flowers, and great photos! I especially like how you took a low angle to capture the coneflowers, the different perspective makes for a really unique composition. :)

Lovely flora and I adore them!

2010-07-16T16:39:17.851-05:00

Lovely flora and I adore them!

These are really lovely flowers. Some of them we h...

2010-07-16T16:11:17.680-05:00

These are really lovely flowers. Some of them we have too, but some not.
Maggie X

Nuts in May

Beautiful. I luv them. Sorry, not adventureous...

2010-07-16T13:37:50.183-05:00

Beautiful. I luv them.

Sorry, not adventureous to try eating any of them.

One of my daughters likes coneflowers. Nice photos...

2010-07-16T10:56:03.549-05:00

One of my daughters likes coneflowers. Nice photos here.

Very pretty - thanks for sharing these. I have to ...

2010-07-16T10:08:05.994-05:00

Very pretty - thanks for sharing these. I have to agree with cousin Leah - think I'll pass on the toxic stuff.....

Very pretty. I don't care how long something t...

2010-07-16T07:22:22.268-05:00

Very pretty. I don't care how long something toxic is boiled. I'd still decline.

Just lovely, Cheryl. Aren't flowers fun?

2010-07-16T07:08:55.157-05:00

Just lovely, Cheryl. Aren't flowers fun?

Lovely photos. I love coneflowers. They also seem ...

2010-07-16T06:12:10.474-05:00

Lovely photos. I love coneflowers. They also seem to attract butterflies. If those are the same, we have a lot of those wolfberry plants in the nearby park. They're incredibly bitter-tasting. Yeah, I tried it once. ;)

Cheryl these are so beautiful, all of them! With t...

2010-07-16T00:23:42.385-05:00

Cheryl these are so beautiful, all of them! With the coneflower when they go to seed do they spread? I'd love to know what type of flowers (perennials) I can plant around the sides of the house and I want them to look like they belong in the country... any suggestions? Something easy to grow which survive a freezing cold winter... I don't ask for much now do I! lol