Do You Like Wildflowers?
By Anna
@LadyDuck (460403)
Switzerland
August 28, 2015 7:41am CST
Which kind of flowers do you prefer?
The simple wildflowers that grow spontaneously in the gardens, or the more sophisticated ones?
I have a preference for the wildflowers as they require a very little attention.
In the pictures you can see one of the large bush of Mirabilis that grows in my garden.
I do nothing, they auto seed every year. The flowers start blooming around the beginning of May until the end of September.
This is an easy plant, that also have a wonderful sweet smell.
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@allknowing (130292)
• India
28 Aug 15
We call them 4 o' clock flowers as they bloom at that time. Actually they are planted here and so may not be called wild flowers.
I too like wild flowers and I have quite a number of them. This I call tiger claw.
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@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
29 Aug 15
@allknowing They grow wild in the western ghats and are very colorful...
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@much2say (53941)
• Los Angeles, California
30 Aug 15
@allknowing I'm not even sure I've seen those before - how exotic looking this is - so beautiful!
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@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
29 Aug 15
The flowers are so very pretty and I love wild flowers, we get so many colorful ones here in India growing wild in open spaces , some of them are really attractive and I just let them grow when one of them accidentally happens to be in my garden..There is one Blue bell shaped flower which is very beautiful !Here is another that grows in my garden , a purple one , the leaves too are attractive ..
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@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
29 Aug 15
The goldenrod has a nice color. The mirabilis tend to expand and take over a lot of space. I remove many plants in early spring, they produce so many seeds that I could cover with flowers all the fields of our little village... Should I?
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@dashboardc33 (314)
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28 Aug 15
That's beautiful! You have these in your garden? I am good at vegetable gardening, but not so good with flowers. I have no idea what any types of flowers are called or how to care for them.
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@kaka135 (14916)
• Malaysia
28 Aug 15
I like wildflowers too, as they are easy to take care of. I am not good at gardening, and I always prefer to plant something easy to grow. Sometimes my children would pick some wildflowers from the park, and plant them in our garden. We just let them grow and enjoy the beauty of the flowers. 
The Mirabilis in your picture looks really good. 
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@glenniah (1197)
• Mandurah, Australia
29 Aug 15
We have about 12,000 different wildflowers. I can't remember all their names but some are, Kangaroo Paws, Orchids, Waratah. I can remember when I was at school and we went up North where there were whole fields of wildflowers. I still have a photo somewhere and I can only just be seen as the flowers are so many and so high
@silvermist (19702)
• India
10 Mar 16
@LadyDuck I love wild flowers.The Four 0 clock flowers are beautiful.As @allknowing said they are not called wild flowers here.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
28 Aug 15
You are so lucky Anna!
That is a marvellously beautiful plant! I mean bunch of flowers.
I adore wildflowers!
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
29 Aug 15
I like wild flowers too I get lots of violets in the spring in my yard.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
31 Aug 15
We don't have a lot of flowers other than a few we planted. but out here in the country we see lots of wildflowers along the roads and in the fields.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
1 Sep 15
@LadyDuck Most of what I have that blooms are hanging baskets.
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
31 Aug 15
My favorite wild flowers grow along the roads and in fields in the fall. We call them black eyed susans. They are yellow with a black/brown middle. Simple and a beautiful color. It really perks up the dreary feeling of the fall and the time change.
@much2say (53941)
• Los Angeles, California
30 Aug 15
Those are so nice! I don't think I have a favorite flower (oh and I am so terrible with flower names as we don't really have a flower garden except for a few rose plants). But I do like unusual type ones! And I do tend to like teeny tiny flowers too - especially ones that look like stars!!
@Shampasaid (76)
• New Delhi, India
29 Aug 15
It looks so very beautiful. I am in love with this plant because of the pretty flowers.
@Tampa_girl7 (49274)
• United States
28 Aug 15
I also enjoy wildflowers . I think to buy flowers is wasteful.
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