jackassgardener – Page 2 – Kihaku-Gato's Garden Blog (tumblr import)

Sulphur cinquefoil should have its own crayon color. (at College of DuPage)

Southern blue flag cutie baby. (at College of DuPage)

A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet which is why I’ve renamed this one “Stinky Earl.” (at College of DuPage)

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Placebo flower. (at College of DuPage)

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Tufted loosestrife asks you to disregard its showy but abusive cousin, purple loosestrife. And thus I do. (at Beaubien Forest Preserve)

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Purple rain, purple rain.

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Introducing the Puccoon Sisters! Hairy, Fringed, and Mindyourbusinessmister. #lithospermum

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Yellow and red Indian paintbrush. The color is actually just the bract and not the flower itself. And it’s a parasite on grasses but not in a bad way. I love parasitic plants because I relate most to them.

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One-flowered broomgreat. This is actually in the same plant family as the Indian paintbrush. #parasites (at Illinois Beach State Park)

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One of our native honeysuckles this is the glaucous honeysuckle. I loved it so much I died on the spot so my body could give nutrients to it. (at Illinois Beach State Park)