Re: Re: landscape

Daucus  carota subsp. carota    =  WILD CARROT;BEE'S NEST;BEGGAR'S
BASKET;BIRD'S NEST;BIRD'S NEST FERN;CROW'S NEST;DEVIL'S PLAGUE;HEN'S
FOOT;LACE FLOWER;PARSNIP;QUEEN ANNE'S LACE

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 10:42 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: landscape


> "carrot-like" ??  It is a carrot, isn't it?
>
> Kitty
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bonnie & Bill Morgan" <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 10:13 PM
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Re: landscape
>
>
> > Auralie, it also makes lovely pressed flower art and is an accent folks
> > don't forget when added to a bouquet too!  I like the "carrot-like"
scent
> of
> > it, too and the tiny purple flower in the center.
> >
> > Blessings,
> > Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf
> > Of Aplfgcnys@aol.com
> > Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 11:00 PM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: landscape
> >
> > Bonnie, my grandmother, who had moved from upstate NY to Fla as a child,
> was
> >
> > very
> > proud of growing Queen Ann's Lace in her garden. I was really surprised
to
> > find it as
> > a roadside weed when I moved north.  I remember that she taught me to
> color
> > it by
> > putting the stems in water colored with Easter-egg dyes. The flowers
would
> > take up the color and be pink, blue, green, or whatever.  She would make
> > bouquets of vari-colored blossoms.
> > I still allow some in my garden, but then I grow milkweed, too. I think
it
> > is
> > a handsome
> > plant and I love the scent of the flowers.  It grows in the narrow space
> > between the drive
> > and the large boulder, and when it blooms, the whole area smells of it.
> > People tell me
> > I have to get rid of those weeds, but they are really a favorite of
mine.
> > Auralie
> >
> > In a message dated 06/27/2004 10:46:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > wmorgan972@ameritech.net writes:
> > I've been having trouble finding Queen Ann's Lace in our neighborhood.
I
> > finally found some in an open lot across from Bill's office building and
> > trudge through waist high (and higher) weeds to get to them.  I'd like
to
> > dig some up and put it in my garden, but I'd need to make certain of
> > ownership and ask permission.  They'll probably look at me like I'm
crazy
> > for wanting a "weed." LOL!!!
> >
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