{"id":1022,"date":"2008-08-31T02:39:32","date_gmt":"2008-08-31T06:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2008\/08\/31\/wild-flowers-by-a-shallow-creek\/"},"modified":"2010-10-30T18:24:19","modified_gmt":"2010-10-30T22:24:19","slug":"wild-flowers-by-a-shallow-creek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2008\/08\/31\/wild-flowers-by-a-shallow-creek\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild flowers by a shallow creek"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2006\/06\/23\/green-thumb-sunday\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/104\/306398715_49775ad925_o.gif\" alt=\"Join Green Thumb Sunday\" width=\"200\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2006\/06\/23\/green-thumb-sunday\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Join<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chris and I took our puppy over to SunnyBrook Park yesterday so that she could see the horses they keep there.<br \/>\n<div class=\"912745ff53504cd4aef8ff3ef7b9aa95\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* gardengrows_inpost_250x250 *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3539326774\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>While we were in the huge park we took a walk along a nice stream and Midnight, her water loving self, had to jump in the water!<\/p>\n<p>I stayed on the bank and wandered around taking pictures of both Chris and the dog in the shallow water. I was also doing my best to fight off a hoard of mosquitoes! I wasn&#8217;t happy about that!<\/p>\n<p>While I was taking pictures I noticed a few clumps of flowers.  I&#8217;m not sure what they are, but they&#8217;re lovely:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_4827 by triciawd, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/2812553665\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"IMG_4827 by triciawd, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/2812553665\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3200\/2812553665_c0d12142a2.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4827\" width=\"450\" height=\"316\" \/><\/a><\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>The plants grow to 2.5 to 3 feet tall and grow in clumps. They look like this:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_4832 by triciawd, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/2812555859\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"IMG_4832 by triciawd, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/2812555859\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3092\/2812555859_2dc6958806.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4832\" width=\"449\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The area they were growing in was kind of shady at 5 in the afternoon.  I have no idea if it gets bright light in the morning but I suspect there&#8217;s more light earlier in the day than when we were there.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone have any idea what kind of flower this is?  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While we were in the huge park we took a walk along a nice stream and Midnight, her water loving self, had to jump in the water! 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