Just watched the formal ceremony ascending King Charles III to the British throne. Canada is a member of the British Commonwealth, so he is now also our official/ceremonial head of state. It’s fascinating how an event that is so sad can also be somewhat celebratory. My garden may also be in mourning this week – there’s not much new happening, so I thought I’d share a few shots from my walk ear!y yesterday along the Millennium Trail – an old railway corridor that has been repurposed as a multiuse recreation trail running through Prince Edward County.
There are a number of wetlands along the trail, with many native plants to see, and quite a few invasive non-natives, as well.
Hope everyone has a great week, with enough rain but not too much, warm but not too hot (or cold), and if you’d like to see more sixes, The Propagator’s page is where to find them.
I expect that the local wild life enjoy the wild grapes. Thanks for the tour.
I bet they do!
The last photo reminds me of the wonderful landscape that we saw during many walks in Quebec ( of course)
Of course! 🙂🙂
Goodness, wild grapes and Joe Pye weed in the same region. I would have taken ‘samples’, . . . secretly.
LOL!! Wild grape can be found EVERYWHERE here – often consuming trees and hedgerows…Joe Pye Weed needs moist soil, so it’s much harder to find. I have a small clump, but it’s not very happy in late summer/fall.
Are wild grape similar or the same as muscadine and scuppernong?
No idea… They’re smalk, and sour…great for jellies but not for snacking by people. Birds love them!
Well, they look good. The most worthless grape that I ever met was an ‘ornamental’ fruitless grape. It provided exquisite folir color for autumn, but not fruit. That is a lot of maintenance for just color.
A fruitless grape sounds like an oxymoron.
Exactly, like a fruitless olive, although I think that the olive makes more sense.
Wonderful photos! Joe Pye in Canada! who knew? it is a southern staple.
Really? Who knew! 😆😆😆 There are several species, it seems, so perhaps those native up here are different than the ones ‘down south.’
Not sure, they are bigger here. Though they have dwarf cultivars for gardens.
How lovely to see wild grapes!
I agree, as do many bird species!
Joe Pye weed’s something I didn’t see until I made it to east Texas, but it can be impressive. I found stands of the plants that were taller than I am — making them about six feet tall, or even more. And the fragrance! and the pollinators that swarm around it! It’s a wonderful plant.
As for your aquatic plant, at first I thought it was duckweed, but it’s larger than that. Whatever it is, you’re right that it’s quite attractive.
Wow that’s a tall plant! I’ve never smelled them, but I’ve seen them with pollinators all about.
That’s a lovely view at the end there. I was going to ask about the grapes, but got my answer in the other comments. Not edible then! The pond plants look like dwarf waterlilies without seeing the flowers clearly. Or water hyacinth? Though I don’t think their leaves are round. I have a form of Joe Pye weed in my garden – Eupatorium cannabinum. It grows very tall if I don’t crop it in the spring. Butterflies like it, me not so much.
They do look mini water lilies, except they were all submerged, laying an inch or so beneath the surface…
Love jewelweed, especially the ripe seed heads shooting seeds when touched. We called it touch me not.
Love that name, although it also implies some sort of poisonous effect…apparently it’s an antidote to stinging nettle, and they can often be found growing in proximity.
An interesting post, and some lovely views. Interesting too about the jewel weed being an antidote to stinging nettle!
It’s a nice bit of trivia to have in the back of your mind, isn’t it, ‘just in case!’?
I was amazed to read in the comments above that Joe Pye Weed is common in Florida as well! We see it on the edge of woodland here. I wonder if the Jewel weed is as invasive as our non-native Impatiens – I. glandulifera, also known as Himalaya Balsam. In any case, very pretty. 😃
I was amazed as well! Jewel weed can certainly take over, given damp shady conditions, but it seems to appear then be gone in an instant.