A Gardeners Forum Forums Gardening Reference Gardening in 2007 Could it be columbine?

Ok, I have some columbine, but the leaves are a bit different than this. Plus, my columbine are pretty much done for the year already. Now, I've noticed all these patches in my flowerbed, that look a bit like clover leaves, but somehow different. They are standing up more, and from almost a stem in the middle of it all. Then, there's these swirly looking buds starting to appear..



Columbine? or something else? Or just another weed that I've been pulling up all over the place..

Meg

Meg - looks like we share a lot of the same stuff. If you chew the little yellow flowers they taste kinda lemony sweety somethiny. No I generally dont just go around my yard tasting my flowers My SIL told me to try it. Adventurous city girl that I am, I did. ANYway, if ya try it, don't eat more than one or two - I found out afterwards that they can be toxic in large doses She must be tryin to get ridda me :p

I have eaten them too...
The leaves...
They taste sour to me...

hmm I never tasted the leaves - ya oughta try the flowers weezie, they're sweet

Around here they call it sour grass. Adults always put the kids up to trying it. Most take 1 bite and spit.

Really? LOL! I'm surprised my SIL didn't have me taste the leaves then May be I'll introduce her to them

LOL @ Ya'll! I am *not* tasting it! I'm not Mikey! I'm not gonna try it!

Weezie, you rock!! Thanks for id'n another one for me! It's kinda cute, but it's starting to pop up all over the place, so I think I'll keep it limited..

Meg

I have these as well, all over the place with the cute little yellow flowers. Since they are heart-shaped, I was thinking about picking some nice leaves, and drying them in order to make a Valentine's day card for my sweety Might be a good project for little ones, if anyone has kids

Well, I use to...until I noticed how many dogs were peeing in my yard!
:p

Wher'es the pukin' gremalin?????
Eeeeeeeeeeeee~uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!

But, Cindy Faye, that's what makes it so tasty!



Ewww I just grossed myself out!

Yeah - wood sorrel, but I ain't havin' any, thanks. Just et.

I love it. My grandmother used to put some in with her greens and cook it like that! I have never ate the flowers but darn I love the leaves. Chew a few pucker and spit. lol

But now I think I will pick, wash, chew, pucker, and spit!

Yeah...gotta add that "wash" now that we are all grown up!

I bet dogs peed just as much back "then" as they do now!
I never thought about it back then, though!

lol yeah heck I thought the yellow snow was special snow! lol At least that is what I told my little sister!