Mystery ground cover and tinfoil stingrays

[pjthompson]

I've posted some pictures of that mysterious ground cover that's blooming all over the yard. Anyone have any idea what this is? We may be cultivating a weed for all I know, but it's a pretty weed.





Here's the little varmint on an interesting background.



Close up of leaves and flowers.



In situ.



Callas with mystery ground cover.



And here's the tinfoil stingray from Gladstone's. The crab and the handbag went home with Lynn.





And when you open up the top, this is what it looks like:





And more flowers just because I felt like it.





Stephanotis.



Iris at sunset.



Daffodils. Or are those narcissus? At any rate, the iris and daffodils are gone from the yard this week and only these pictures remain.



Callas and shadow.

Comments

[kmkibble75.livejournal.com]

I know it's not the point of the post, but..uhm... are those two dudes with horses' heads up there? I think that's a situation where context is very important...

That said, the plants are rather lovely.

[pjthompson]

Guys with horse heads? You have such a good imagination, Kevin.

[kmkibble75.livejournal.com]

Haha!

[pjthompson]

"These two, neither of whom are named Khartoum, attended the Grand National steeplechase in Liverpool."

Those wacky Brits.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

I think it is red leaf clover. I'm going to try to find pics on the net.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

hmmm....maybe not "red" but a variation thereof. The reds that I see say that they have pale chevrons, but yours are dark. The flower looks the same, though.

[pjthompson]

My mom said she thought it was clover, so that must be it. :-) Good to know we haven't been cultivating a weed.

Weeds!

[hkneale.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the clover's safe.

However, you've got one noxious weed there in the calla lillies. {g}

(trivia: calla lillies are considered a noxious weed in Western Australia and are exterminated on sight. Non-natives aren't welcome here.)

Re: Weeds!

[pjthompson]

lol--I guess it's all in the perspective. I can see why they might be considered weeds because they spread quite easily. But I have a soft spot for them. They grew around the house I grew up in and I loved to play with the stamens. I fed it to my dolls as "corn on the cob." :-)

[ccfinlay.livejournal.com]

I was going to say, looks like a variety of clover to me.

[pjthompson]

That seems to be the consensus--here on the blog and with the Supreme Authority, my mom. Thanks--good to know I haven't been coddling a weed. :-)