#storksbill

[faguscarolinensis]

Pelargonium transvaalense 'African Princess' / 'African Princess' Mpumalanga Storksbill at the JC Raulston Arboretum at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC

[lord-allo]

Storchschnabel | Storksbill, cranesbill

Geranium sp.

[crudlynaturephotos]

[jimbell]

Orange Geranium - zonal geranium (Pelargonium × Hortorum cultivar) these are actually a Pelargonium! Geraniums are temperate herbaceous plants that die down in winter. Pelargoniums are evergreen perennials from warm temperate and tropical regions of the world, many species in southern Africa. They can be grown from seed but to keep the colour you want you should propagate by cuttings or layering. #flower #pelargonium #geranium #cultivar #africa #mygarden #orange #myplants #australiangarden #sunloving #ornamental #longflowering #storksbill (at Belmont, New South Wales, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CntW5j2v1tJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[headslikekites]

rewatching apothecary diaries I love maomao so much she's just like fr

[bumblebeeappletree]

Australian native flowers are in high demand for cut flowers, and can cost a lot in the shops, so why not try growing a few of your own? Clarence suggests some top varieties to try.

But first a word about what is an Australian native - we’re talking here about plants that are from Australia originally, not their ancient Gondwanan relatives such as proteas and leucadendrons, which are native to southern Africa.

Banksias: there’s one for nearly every corner of Australia and they make great cut flowers.

Hakeas also last well in the vase and, while some can be a bit spiky, H. francisiana and H. bucculenta has softer foliage and spectacular flowers. The woody seedpods also look great afterwards. When cutting back, make sure you don’t cut back to bare wood - the stem is more likely to grow back if it still has some foliage on it.

Waratahs are truly spectacular but need shelter, consistent moisture and good drainage so they won’t grow just anywhere. But you could always try a pot using good quality potting mix.

Grevilleas - many hold well in a vase but the sap of some grevilleas in a common allergen so use gloves and eye protection and place them somewhere indoors where they can be admired but not touched.

Short-lived annuals such as Pelargoniums are lovely in a vase, too, and will generously self-seed in the garden.

Kangaroo paws are a classic cut flower, but beware of the hairs on the flowers, which can be an irritant.

Everlasting daisies will grow almost anywhere in southern Australia and their papery flowers dry beautifully as well as bringing colour to a traditional posy.

Foliage - don’t’ forget some grey and green leaves to offset the colour, and growing a few at home can save you a lot of money.

Grasses - their soft, elegant foliage and seedheads can add interest to any bunch.

Picking is a good form of pruning, so don’t be afraid to cut!

How to arrange:

If in doubt, pick a central stem as the main focus, then slowly build up around that, turning the bunch as you go and adding another stem at each point as you turn.

Featured plants:

Protea (Protea sp.)

Leucadendron (Leucadendron sp.)

Firewood banksia (Banksia menziesii)

Coast banksia (Banksia integrifolia)

Grass-leaf hakea (Hakea francisiana)

Red pokers (Hakea bucculenta)

NSW waratah (Telopea speciosissima)

Austral storksbill (Pelargonium australe)

Kangaroo paw (Anigozanthos sp.)

Rosy everlasting (Rhodanthe chlorocephala subsp. rosea)

Paper daisy (Xerochrysum bracteatum ‘Dargan Hill Monarch’)

Kangaroo grass (Themeda triandra)

Filmed on Dharawal Country in Heathcote, NSW

[syngoniums]

Some more harbingers of spring: Rosettes of Texas storksbill (Erodium texanum) and Texas bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis); four-nerved daisies (Tetraneuris scaposa), well-known for blooming through mild winters; the beautiful foliage of green lily aka Texas feathershank (Schoenocaulon texanum); cutleaf evening primrose (Oenothera laciniata); and an early-blooming giant spiderwort (Tradescantia gigantea).

[pers-books]

It’s a grey and dreary day here, so have some bright flowers to make up for it:

Common Toadflax (Linaria Vulgaris)

Common Bird's-Foot-Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)

Yellow Potentilla (Potentilla fruticosa Goldfinger)

Cowslip (Primula veris)

Common storksbill (Erodium cicutarium)

Dames rocket (Hesperis matronalis)

Chicory (Cichorium intybus)

Germander Speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys)

Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)

Common mallow (Malva sylvestris)

[weywardwisdom]

I am under the Seven stars. I am under the sky-boat afloat in the Milky Way. I am under the glowing hearth-fires of elders. I am under shining pebbles in the stream of time and timelessness. I am under the great snake who can poison or heal. I am under the sun making love with the day. I am under the moon’s life-giving womb.

I am moss-covered calcrete and sandy river silts. I am lichen, algae, fungi, puffball. I am mole-cricket, inch ant, worm-lizard, stumpy lizard, skink. I am coiled brown snake and tiger snake. I am maniacal cackle frog and common froglet. I am echidna. I am wallaby.

I am drooping sheoak, small sheoak, sticky hop-bush, and southern cypress pine. I am paperbark, bottlebrush, mallee gum, red gum and melaleuca. I am dryland teatree, white flowering teatree and spiny hakea. I am fig, almond, apple, lemon, lemon myrtle, pomegranate and plum. I am golden wattle, coastal wattle , small coastal dune wattle and northern wattle.

I am piyentak, nganangi, manguni, manthari, thalgi, kunduwi, yalkari, and bilbili.

I am flax-lily, pigface, stinging nettle, muntries, thistle, sweet apple-berry, weaving rushes and knobby club-rush.

I am ruby saltbush, climbing saltbush, coast bitter-bush, small-leaf bluebush, coast daisy bush and twiggy dais-bush. I am sticky New Holland daisy, yellow daisy and yellow star. I am boobialla, bower spinach, correa, climbing lignum, and rhagodia. I am Austral storksbill and Austral trefoil. I am wallaby grass, spear grass, veldt grass and buffalo grass.

I am oxalis, ox tongue, pigs ears and pussy ears. I am easter lily, and Xmas box. I am sea lavender, english lavender and french lavender. I am freesia, nerine, nasturtium, pelargonium, geranium, tree aeonium and sedum. I am highland rose, pink rose and rosemary. I am jonquil, jade plant and spider plant. I am amaranth and plantain. I am cemetery iris, medic, marsh-mallow and red hot poker aloe. I am cactus.

I am thorn-bill, stubble quail, silver eye and magpie. I am fairy wren, willy wagtail and grey fantail. I am mudlark, brown songlark, singing honey-eater and New Holland honey eater. I am feral pigeon, crested pigeon and bronzewing. I am wattle bird and blackbird. I am noisy miner and peaceful dove. I am black shouldered kite and brown falcon. I am marsh harrier and barn owl. I am welcome swallow, sparrow and crow.

I am tarantula spider and orb spider. I am red-back spider and black spider. I am slater and beetle. I am midge and mosquito. I am march fly, house fly and blow fly. I am butterfly and moth. I am blue striped bee, and honey bee.

I am living beings, standing since the beginning of time. I am invasive species that bylaws tell me to kill. I am repair species from the Ngarrindjeri nursery. I am species spread by seed. I am a politics of pollen.

I am a guest of the cycle of life, death and rebirth, living on Ngarrindjeri lands. I am bound to return under the earth.

[werehamburglar]

my brother told me my foot looks like a corpse foot. also we found storksbill in the yard.

[taimemaailm]

Pelargoon (Pelargonium)

Saksa keeles Pelargonien või Geranien, inglise keeles pelargoniums, geraniums või storksbills. Eesti keeles samuti ka tuntud geraaniumitena.

Pelargoonid on õistaimede perekond umbes 250 liikmega (püsikud ja sukulendid) kurerehaliste sugukonnas, mis on kurerehalaadse seltsi osa.

Taimed on enamasti pärit Lõuna-Aafrikast ja kasutatakse ilutaimedena, aga ka ravimtaimedena, näiteks närvivalu ja palaviku vastu, ning eeterlike õlide tegemisel. Samuti on nad kasutusel maitseainena küpsetistesse ja erinevatesse maiustustesse ning nii mittealkohoolsetesse kui ka alkohoolsetesse jookidesse. Pelargooniõlil on antimikroobiline omadus, mis aitab toidu säilivusega, ja Pelargonium tormentosumist saab teed teha.

Paljundatakse pistikoksadega, vajab päikselist, vihma eest kaitstud kasvukohta (eriti lilled täidisõietega). Saab kasvatada toataimena.

Kõrgus 15-60 cm, õitseb juunist öökülmadeni. Laialt aiades ja lillepoodides kasutusel Pelargonium-zonale hübriide (pildil) saab ära tunda oma ainulaadsete lehtede kaudu, millel on poolovaalsed servad ja mis katsudes on natuke pehmed ja siidsed.

[faguscarolinensis]

Pelargonium transvaalense 'African Princess' / 'African Princess' Mpumalanga Storksbill at the JC Raulston Arboretum at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC

[cristinad61]

High Bridge trailhead

A few more images from my stop along Highway 16 and Bear Creek in Colusa County, March 2022. Storksbill AKA filaree, an invasive weed that produces annoying spear-tipped seedheads

[crudlynaturephotos]

[raleigh-in-the-garden]

Pelargonium is a genus of flowering plants that includes about 280 species of perennials, succulents, and shrubs, commonly called geraniums, pelargoniums, or storksbills. Geranium is also the botanical name and common name of a separate genus of related plants, also known as cranesbills. Both genera belong to the family Geraniaceae.

Pelargonium is a genus of flowering plants that includes about 280 species of perennials, succulents, and shrubs, commonly called geraniums, pelargoniums, or storksbills. Geranium is also the botanical name and common name of a separate genus of related plants, also known as cranesbills. Both genera belong to the family Geraniaceae.

[impalaparkedat221b]

I don’t know if anyone’s already discussed these but if you want some IDs: the second and third pictures are nightshades. The purple flowers in the second to last photo are storksbill. There is also mallow in the second to last picture. And the one in the upper right corner of the fourth picture is purslane which is edible! The rest of the fourth picture looks like it might be morning glory but I’d need flowers to know

I took some of @headspace-hotel 's advice and let a part of my front lawn go unmowed. I chose a spot that, two years ago, was just dry dust. But even though we planted grass seeds and all kinds of fertilizer, the patch is now lush and blooming with everything BUT grass.

I don't even have names for what is growing there; I've only ever known grass. There is some stuff with a bouncy texture that grows outwards more than upwards, and I think it is doing the most water retention. There are some things with long, tall stems and purple pigment in the center of their top leaves, like a proto-flower. And of course there are the vines that bloom white flowers.

The HOA of course mistook this menagerie as weeds and sent a letter wanting to cut it down. So to make it more clear the patch is deliberate, I put a decorative low fence around it.

And as I was installing it, I saw a TOAD. I have never seen that in suburbia before! Our great plains climate is typically too dry. I'd like to think it was because of the uncut patch that the toad found habitable, with more shade and more bugs.

This patch is significant to me now, and I really hope I am not forced to cut it. Something about the absolute fervor of how the plants are determined to grow and life itself to thrive when given the smallest space to do so spits in apathy's face.