9/02/2010

Ruskin Wildflowers Part 7

The fragrance from these Easter Lilies filled the air
as I walked down in the ditch to take their picture.
 It's mid August.

A up close view of the purple-red berries that can be found on
a Phytolacca Americana (Pokeweed) in mid August.


The heavy rains had managed to bend these lovely
 bright yellow wildflowers over
but hadn't knocked off their blooms.

Tiny little dew drops of yellow cover these delicate
 fern like bushes for a very short time. They are about 7 feet tall.


Here is is close up of their yellow bloom.
Chamaecrista fascienlata


These beautiful Golden Asters are beginning to bloom in September.


Our Water Primrose grows everywhere
and has reached a height of 6 - 7 feet by September.


Beautiful clumps of wildflowers off in the distance.


Here is a zoomed in view of one in a cow pasture. Really pretty.
Very lacy foliage with an upright yellow bloom.


American Beauty Berry, one of the prettiest wildflower bushes.
 This is an old one way back off the road
among the grasses. Maybe 6 feet high and every bit that wide.
 Lots of pines and oaks nearby.
Callicarpa Americana


The older variety of Bougainvillea were not bushy. 
 Like this one, they show off their blooms at the end of
5 -6 foot weeping branches.


I found another clump of yellow
 and orange Canna Lilies blooming.


September is no exception, there has been
 something new blooming along the roads
in Ruskin every month this year.


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