This is a tiny, tiny flower. I found these at the edge of our woods. It is a Sedge more specifically Carex pensylvanica or Pennsylvania Sedge. This is a native plant in Minnesota. It grows well in Oaks, which was no surprise to me. There is a little ditty that goes Sedges have edges, Rushes are round, Grasses are hollow, What have you found? No one but a plant geek like me is probably interested..BUT did you know that Sedges do not have a ligule? Only Grasses have ligules, now a ligule is easy to find, and can be found in all grasses..it is the little tongue like projection at the junction of the leaf and the leaf stalk. Next time you grab a piece of grass to stick in your mouth have a look see. Oh come on..you never put grass in your mouth? To me it has a kind of a fresh greens taste..
This is a bunch of little Grape Hyacinth's or Muscari. Tiny, tiny blooms that look like bunches of grapes. I remember when my eldest daughter planted these one fall all in a row, she was surprised by how small they were when they bloomed the next spring..in plant catalogues they are portrayed as being much larger than they actually are. They are so tiny that if you ever plant them, plant a whole area of them. I love their blue color.
I received a package in the mail yesterday, I won Lisa's give away over at
South View Farm. What I won was a to die for woven dish towel. Lisa said to report back to her after I have used it to dry some dishes and I will..BUT when I first saw this "towel" I thought..it would be perfect upstairs on my hutch that Far Guy built..what do you think? Thanks Lisa! I love the earthy sage color, and from now on when I look at this fabric towel that you wove, I will think of you:)
