Saturday, August 5, 2006

The Thistle Has Bloomed

and I think this is one of the most beautiful weeds I have ever seen.

I hate to cut it down.

It seems DH bumped into it when he was filling the bird feeders. Ouch!
He does not like it nearly as much as I do. :)

I thought this lunaria (money plant) looked interesting with the sunlight shining through.

5 comments:

  1. Is that what they also call Silver Dollars or Sand Dollars? Something like that anyway! lol I used to have some growing years ago but they were taking over everything and I ended up taking them all out. Ouch for your poor hubby bumping into that thistle!!

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  2. I just picked a bouquet of 'Money plant' yesterday! The trick is getting the seed layer off without ripping the silvery paper layer.

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  3. I love thistles, too. And, don't they look wonderful in photos?

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  4. I love the money plant,but you can have the thistle. I live on a farm and in the summer it is my job to chop the thistles along the creek bank.

    Do you plant the seeds for the money plant in the fall?
    Pat

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  5. The thistle flower has always been one of my favorite flowers and I had never seen a money plant before this picture. It's so interesting looking especially since you can see its seeds inside.

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