that looks so neat! You think I'll be able to have a whole patch of blue flax? it probably won't look the same but similar!
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Thanks Kenny! Neat idea, blue flax. This way you won't have to mow the lawn -just enjoy your blue flax lawn. Actually the house with the buttercup lawn is for sale and the lawn is not being mowed. I guess that's why the buttercups cropped up. Looks good though.
Tamara, good question! I did a little research on "purple buttercups" after I read your post and yep, that's what they are. Maybe they are grown exclusively down south , dono. Does anyone know?
LandOfOz, , Yep, I remember clover blooms too and made plenty of "garden jewelry" back in the day.
Stephanie - that flower looks just like the Mexican Evening Primrose that my cousin gave me starts of 2 summers ago. I just did a google image search and the flowers look identical to me.
I've also only heard of buttercups as being yellow, here in NY - could it be that that is a nickname for the primroses where you live?
Lynn, hmmmm. I looked at each pic you provided on that link. Mexican primrose? Seems the leaves look different down here. It almost looks on your site like the flowers are growing on bush form,whereas these have individual shoots that are spaced out in the grass. I did read on your link that "evening primroses are also known as buttercups because of the cup shape of the flower and the butter colored pollen that is left on the face when smelling the flower".
Could you provide a pic of primrose cutting you rec'd? Maybe we can compare. That is interesting. I always thought the purple buttercups were wildflowers or weeds. I'm seeing these buttercups in full swing in my area.
Stephanie - mine are not even up through the soil here yet - won't be blooming for a few more months yet.
But... here's a picture from last year - they do not grow on a bush - they are pretty much single stems, but get crowded together so that they look like one.
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