A Tuesday Wildflower Bouquet

Just for you, my readers, a late June bouquet of wildflowers.  These pictures were taken June 24.

Elderberry.  This is a wild edible (although I don't have land with elderberry bushes on it any more) - here are some of my memories of when I did. 

Harvesting and processing elderberries is a lot of work.  Both the flowers and tiny berries are edible.

I am thinking this is silky dogwood (Cornus amomum) and not a viburnum. Whatever it is, it's been blooming for a week or more and there is a lot of it along the Vestal Rail Trail, where I took these pictures.  The berries of the silky dogwood are a favorite of birds.

Forget Me Not.   I won't.  They are said to represent royalty and true love/devotion.

Penstemon and some daisies.

Wild Rose.  The trail is full of invasive white roses that have finished blooming.  This is the only pink rose I am aware of on the trail.

Finally, there's this pink flower.  It may be familiar to a lot of you.

When I first started reading seed and plant catalogs in the late 1970's after we had purchased our first house, crownvetch was heavily advertised for erosion control.  Perhaps it did its job too well - it is considered a highly invasive plant now.  It spreads rapidly and chokes out desirable natives.  However, it is also eaten by white tailed deer (who are immune to its poison -yes, it is poisonous) and provides groundcover for rabbits and ground nesting birds.

Thank you for coming on my wildflower walk with me.