The Blue-Eyed Grass in our yard is so pretty. I took this photograph right after it rained. I loved the water droplets on it.
Blue-eyed Grass is a grass like plant with one blue/ purple flower per stem. These 1/2′ to 3/4″ flowers have 6 pointed petals and yellow centers. The plant grows from 4-24″ in May and June.
I remember seeing Blue-eyed Grass in Colorado. It was such a treat to see it here on the Cape too. Have you ever seen Blue-eyed Grass?
As soon as I see the Crown Vetch wildflowers, I know that summer is really here! I saw these in the parking lot at the Visitors Center in Eastham and also in the parking lot at Coast Guard Beach.
Crown Vetch, a creeping plant, has bi-colored, golf ball size flowers that grow in clusters at the end of stalks. They make lovely ground cover and are often planted to restore nutrients , especially nitrogen, to the soil. They grow on roadsides (or parking lots) from June to August, so you have plenty of time to see them.
So pretty, don’t you think?
I had been watching this bud on the side of the trail at Fort Hill for a few days, taking a photograph of it every couple of days. I had no idea what it was, or even if it was a wildflower. The bud caught my attention; it was so pretty. (Click Blog link to see sequence of bud blooming.)
It finally bloomed and it is gorgeous! But I have no idea what it is. I cannot find it in any of my books or apps. Can anyone help me identify it?
Exquisite, don’t you think? Love the sequence of watching it bloom.
Mouse-ear Chickweed is a wildflower with tiny, white 1/2″ flowers. These flowers have 5 deeply notched petals and 5 prominent sepals. The 6-12″ plants grow from May through September so you should be able to see them this summer. I saw many of them along the trails at Fort Hill.
It is often called the “common weed of gardens, roadsides and lawns.”
Have you ever seen a Mouse-ear Chickweed? Pretty, don’t you think?
