Hello,
We live in Ottawa Canada and we have a couple plants in our yard that
my wife feels are flowers, while I think that they are simply good
looking weeds :-) If anyone could help identify them we would
appreciate it very much. Hopefully the links below will provide
images.

http://jdmst.freewebspace.com/plant1.jpg

http://jdmst.freewebspace.com/garden1.jpg

Thanks,
John

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Hello,
We live in Ottawa Canada and we have a couple plants in our yard that
my wife feels are flowers, while I think that they are simply good
looking weeds :-) If anyone could help identify them we would
appreciate it very much. Hopefully the links below will provide
images.

http://jdmst.freewebspace.com/plant1.jpg

http://jdmst.freewebspace.com/garden1.jpg

Thanks,
John



The second photo (I'm not sure it is the same as the first or not) is
Henbit. Highly invasive plant that was introduced as ground cover
originally because it covers ground -- FAST. Whether it is a weed or not
depends on whether you like it or not. Personally, I've spent many hours
this spring removing it from herb beds and I consider it a weed but it
can sure look pretty if there's nothing else there.

http://ipm.ppws.vt.edu/scott/weed_id/lamam.htm

In message .com,
" writes
Hello,
We live in Ottawa Canada and we have a couple plants in our yard that
my wife feels are flowers, while I think that they are simply good
looking weeds :-) If anyone could help identify them we would
appreciate it very much. Hopefully the links below will provide
images.

http://jdmst.freewebspace.com/plant1.jpg

Some form of Myosotis (forget-me-not). I don't think it's the cultivated
form.

http://jdmst.freewebspace.com/garden1.jpg

If I saw that in the UK I would identify it as Glechoma hederacea
(ground ivy)

Thanks,
John


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Stewart Robert Hinsley

On 5/27/07 7:27 AM, in article
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" wrote:

Hello,
We live in Ottawa Canada and we have a couple plants in our yard that
my wife feels are flowers, while I think that they are simply good
looking weeds :-) If anyone could help identify them we would
appreciate it very much. Hopefully the links below will provide
images.

http://jdmst.freewebspace.com/plant1.jpg

http://jdmst.freewebspace.com/garden1.jpg

Thanks,
John

First one could be one of several things referred to as forget-me-nots

C

Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote in
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http://jdmst.freewebspace.com/plant1.jpg

Some form of Myosotis (forget-me-not). I don't think it's the cultivated
form.


Yep! I agree! It was sort of hanging around the edges of my tired mind
but I couldn't quite place it.


http://jdmst.freewebspace.com/garden1.jpg

If I saw that in the UK I would identify it as Glechoma hederacea
(ground ivy)


It's Lamium amplexicaule here in the States but still a ground ivy.

In message , FragileWarrior
writes
Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote in
:

[..]
http://jdmst.freewebspace.com/plant1.jpg

Some form of Myosotis (forget-me-not). I don't think it's the cultivated
form.


Yep! I agree! It was sort of hanging around the edges of my tired mind
but I couldn't quite place it.


http://jdmst.freewebspace.com/garden1.jpg

If I saw that in the UK I would identify it as Glechoma hederacea
(ground ivy)


It's Lamium amplexicaule here in the States but still a ground ivy.

Now that it's been mentioned I'd think that I'd agree with Lamium
amplexicaule. That's absent, or at best scarce, in my part of the UK, so
I don't immediately recognise it.
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley

Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote in
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In message ,
FragileWarrior writes
Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote in
:

[..]
http://jdmst.freewebspace.com/plant1.jpg

Some form of Myosotis (forget-me-not). I don't think it's the
cultivated form.


Yep! I agree! It was sort of hanging around the edges of my tired
mind but I couldn't quite place it.


http://jdmst.freewebspace.com/garden1.jpg

If I saw that in the UK I would identify it as Glechoma hederacea
(ground ivy)


It's Lamium amplexicaule here in the States but still a ground ivy.

Now that it's been mentioned I'd think that I'd agree with Lamium
amplexicaule. That's absent, or at best scarce, in my part of the UK,

Lucky you.

so I don't immediately recognise it.

What a few metric tons of it? I'll pay postage.

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Hello,
We live in Ottawa Canada and we have a couple plants in our yard that
my wife feels are flowers, while I think that they are simply good
looking weeds :-) If anyone could help identify them we would
appreciate it very much. Hopefully the links below will provide
images.

http://jdmst.freewebspace.com/plant1.jpg

http://jdmst.freewebspace.com/garden1.jpg

Thanks,
John



The second photo (I'm not sure it is the same as the first or not) is
Henbit. Highly invasive plant that was introduced as ground cover
originally because it covers ground -- FAST. Whether it is a weed or
not
depends on whether you like it or not. Personally, I've spent many
hours
this spring removing it from herb beds and I consider it a weed but it
can sure look pretty if there's nothing else there.

http://ipm.ppws.vt.edu/scott/weed_id/lamam.htm


Yes, Lamium is a royal pain.

--
Travis in Shoreline Washington

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Hello,
We live in Ottawa Canada and we have a couple plants in our yard that
my wife feels are flowers, while I think that they are simply good
looking weeds :-) If anyone could help identify them we would
appreciate it very much. Hopefully the links below will provide
images.

http://jdmst.freewebspace.com/plant1.jpg

http://jdmst.freewebspace.com/garden1.jpg

Thanks,
John

The plants in the first photo are forget-me-nots. I grow them as a flower,
but they self seed all over the place and can take on weed status very
quickly. Just pull any you don't want!

The second I have growing in my flower beds too (Hamilton, ON). I consider
it a weed and is one I will never be rid of :-( It is incredibly invasive.

Jacqui