I think this purple tubular one (I didn't capture it's beauty) is a dwarf larkspur with a pink wild geranium:
I don't know what this is. I tried hard to find it on a Kentucky wildflower site.
Our yard is just awash in Star of Bethlehem:
And this beauty I believe is a wild columbine. It has five tubes with one blossom coming out with several stamens.
And, of course, the leafy mullein. She'll send up stalks this summer and if it's her second year, there will be yellow blossoms.
Blossoms can be picked and put in olive oil and used for ear infections and general earaches. The stalks were once used as torches by dipping them in wax and lighting them. They are tall and sturdy!
While I heard an herbologist refer to mullein as the "toilet paper plant," the Handbook of Nature Study says the felt-like leaves have microscopic spikes. I haven't tried this and now I'm not sure I ever will!
The Cherokee use the dried mullein leaves for smoking and they are good dried in a tea for bronchial problems.
2 comments:
Interesting post about mullein. I am anxiously awaiting to see how ours progresses over the summer. My husband wants to pull it out but I am standing firm. :)
Columbine...yes that is it. There are a huge variety of columbine but you definitely have one there. I love columbine and I have planted several colors in my garden this year.
Thanks for sharing your entry.
Barb-Harmony Art Mom
Thanks for your flower post! After being born and raised in South Alabama, I am struggling with new plant names here in Ohio. Now I know I have some of the Star of Bethlehem in my yard and I think the mullein. Although I will not try the TP thing. I'll leave that to the professionals!
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