aliens
this is about what happens when you think you know pretty much all of the nature that surrounds you in a place you’ve been observing for a decade, and then on the side of the road there is this garish, tentacled alien that you can’t believe you ever could have overlooked, and yet which turns out to be a not uncommon roadside plant. nice to meet you, blue vervain. you are very strange.
Verbena hastata, Blue Vervain, Swamp Verbena
shoreview, minnesota
Gosh. This is lovely. that BLUE that just pops against the green. Sometimes those weeds or swamp things are just as gorgeous as the cultivated flowers.
Oh, gosh. I love the pop of color. Sometimes the overlooked weeds or wildflowers are just as gorgeous as cultivated flowers.