Hello Gardeners,

 

Our next work day will be Tuesday, June 23, and I will have details about where to meet, etc. when it gets closer.   

 

We have a couple of very unique plants at the WFS.  The first picture is of our "Compass Dock".  It is in the little prairie area between the sidewalk and the Riverain parking lot, and is a hybrid of  Prairie Dock (Silphium terebinthinaceum) and Compass Plant (Silphium laciniatum).  All of the plants in the Silphium family have thick, scratchy leaves and then yellow sunflower-like blooms at the end of the summer.  Sorry, I do not know which plant was the mom and which was the dad, but a bee was probably the matchmaker since they are the main pollinators for Silphiums.  

 

Now that we have some beautiful weather, I encourage you to take a walk on the wild(flower) side, and see what you can find.

 

Sarah