剛遷進新居的時候,見到店裏出售野花的種子,喜歡圖案中那形態各異,風情萬種的野花,但沒想到,種下去後,連一棵草都沒有見到。
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_LM32qI_s73w/THBbZP9e7iI/AAAAAAAAAMc/k4iwS6mvzSo/s720/7%20aw940.jpg)
Dames Rocket
以後發現,在路邊,山上,幾乎到處都可以見到很好看的野花,覺得不妨自己引種。當然,誰沒有聽到過路邊的野花不能采的忠告呀,可是還是經不起誘惑,試試總可以吧。
![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_LM32qI_s73w/THBblN2leDI/AAAAAAAAAM8/JDuayhcqRrs/s720/9%20lzA261.jpg)
幾年下來 ,搜集了幾十種野花(有的是花店出售的),它們多姿多彩,有頑強的生命力,給院子裏增添了不少色彩,尤其是春天和夏天,屋前屋後,蠻有情趣。
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Violet (Viola sp.),這是春天出現最早的野花之一,花雖不大,可像花毯覆蓋地麵
![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_LM32qI_s73w/THBcVEOltCI/AAAAAAAAAOc/YbfRNfeu6VI/s800/3%20lzA273.jpg)
有兩種顏色, White / blue Violet, Purple/ blue Violet
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_LM32qI_s73w/THBcLB-rVII/AAAAAAAAAOM/NTZ_wFEm7Hs/s800/3%20lzA304.jpg)
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_LM32qI_s73w/THBcDosGy3I/AAAAAAAAAOA/rZw41xQ9BHM/s720/3%20lzA309.jpg)
也稱common blue violet
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_LM32qI_s73w/THBceWglRJI/AAAAAAAAAOw/fIhDo4ntFII/s640/4%20lzA215.jpg)
periwinkle,光線不同,顏色略有差異
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_LM32qI_s73w/THBcojrxc1I/AAAAAAAAAPE/Mxs-1bEuvlo/s720/4%20lzA117.jpg)
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Lesser
celandine,金黃的花朵與綠色的葉子都像是塗了一層油,發亮
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_LM32qI_s73w/THBcOPmy1HI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/nwzDk9Btv0s/s800/2%20lzA297.jpg)
附近的一個鄰居索性以這種花來裝點院子了
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_LM32qI_s73w/THBb_Op2rtI/AAAAAAAAANw/PMuNF_AbLKw/s640/5%20lzA339.jpg)
Hispid Buttercup
(Swamp Buttercup)
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_LM32qI_s73w/THBbnJkzwpI/AAAAAAAAANA/sOidntzTW7A/s800/5%20lzA260.jpg)
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Large-flowered
Bellwort
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_LM32qI_s73w/THBbeykh7rI/AAAAAAAAAMs/ZUTksZoiNFk/s640/11%20lzA267.jpg)
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_LM32qI_s73w/THBcgIAqHiI/AAAAAAAAAO0/TUO3II1tYpg/s640/1%20lzA133.jpg)
Virginia Bluebells,非常遐意的藍色,像小女孩的裙子
![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_LM32qI_s73w/THBcCPvlnaI/AAAAAAAAAN8/r8KQ6noVRjc/s720/1%20lzA320.jpg)
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_LM32qI_s73w/THBcA9RdamI/AAAAAAAAAN4/wAF8_tYzyjI/s576/6%20lzA335.jpg)
celandine-poppy,一棵有數朵花
![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_LM32qI_s73w/THBcACD1XCI/AAAAAAAAAN0/zUlB_cVH2bg/s640/6%20lzA337.jpg)
比其他的poppy 要容易種,且越來越茂盛
![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_LM32qI_s73w/THBcmPcN08I/AAAAAAAAAPA/Mm0_vnLHcvk/s640/6%20lzA122.jpg)
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_LM32qI_s73w/THBbvkIYwyI/AAAAAAAAANQ/7m8kaOEnVV8/s720/7%20lzA231%20%282%29.jpg)
Dames Rocket,也稱Sweet Rocket,Mother-of-the-Evening(Hesperis Matronalis),非常容易生長,在晚上可以聞到淡淡的香味,花可以長到一人多高
![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_LM32qI_s73w/THBbzmfjhcI/AAAAAAAAANY/4QTY38knzBk/s720/7%20lzA221.jpg)
Hesperis為希臘文,是“晚上”的意思,指植物在夜晚釋放甜美芬芳的特點。也有解釋這種花代表有地位的女性,因其高挑出眾的身材。
![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_LM32qI_s73w/THBbsa3AfhI/AAAAAAAAANI/zKSQITnjCKU/s720/7%20lzA246.jpg)
花有白色,粉色兩種,
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_LM32qI_s73w/THBbtL8YIrI/AAAAAAAAANM/-Js0lVDkceY/s640/7%20lzA233.jpg)
有時粉色與白色相間,成斑點狀
![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_LM32qI_s73w/THBbwycq_xI/AAAAAAAAANU/Ew9y2rW573U/s720/7%20lzA224%20%282%29.jpg)
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_LM32qI_s73w/THBbgrIFd9I/AAAAAAAAAMw/i8kiAuZCMvs/s720/8%20lzA265.jpg)
Wild
geranium,成叢狀生長
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_LM32qI_s73w/THBbh3uR3YI/AAAAAAAAAM0/uZwAYPgqjOo/s720/8%20lzA264%20%282%29.jpg)
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_LM32qI_s73w/THBbixP0DzI/AAAAAAAAAM4/XVdXkueEIWk/s720/8%20lzA262.jpg)
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Marsh
Marigold
![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_LM32qI_s73w/THBbp3beC7I/AAAAAAAAANE/CZa12XUH6bs/s720/9%20lzA259.jpg)
Balsam Ragwort (Balsam Groundsel)
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_LM32qI_s73w/THBbcZHFZdI/AAAAAAAAAMg/zqwn1QH-lBQ/s720/9%20lzA270.jpg)
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_LM32qI_s73w/THBbeAAA15I/AAAAAAAAAMo/18NqcmCJZQs/s640/9%20lzA268%20%282%29.jpg)
![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_LM32qI_s73w/THBb8__eGuI/AAAAAAAAANs/p9hU0iycbOE/s800/lzA137.jpg)
這種開小小的蘭花的野花多用來做ground
cover,耐樹蔭,耐旱
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_LM32qI_s73w/THBciiWdyDI/AAAAAAAAAO4/fp6oni14Jz8/s800/lzA127.jpg)
類似野生的草莓,隻開花,不結果,沿著花徑種,很有裝點效果
![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_LM32qI_s73w/THBck2uybSI/AAAAAAAAAO8/3l6G_-76aTg/s720/lzA126.jpg)
所以,路邊的野花不但可以賞,也可以采,更可以栽,關鍵在去粗取精,擇優錄取。
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_LM32qI_s73w/THBb0-g1r-I/AAAAAAAAANc/BF1UFY0Bp20/s720/lzA218.jpg)
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自然,有的野花在登堂入室站穩腳跟後,會顯露野性,喧賓奪主,甚至取而代之。最常見的是蒲公英(Dandelion),看漫山遍野金黃色的蒲公英,很為壯觀,
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_LM32qI_s73w/THBcZMYyR4I/AAAAAAAAAOg/cuOnYXQ5pYk/s720/2%20lzA272.jpg)
但在院子裏的草地上出現,則很難徹底清除。
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_LM32qI_s73w/THBbWvgO1-I/AAAAAAAAAMY/aKkZDDwSBnw/s800/w944.jpg)
查查當地的網站,看看感興趣的野花有多大的風險,認清麵目,Non-native一類多可相安無事,屬於Invasive 的就得小心,不要染指為好。否則,沾上後輕則惹麻煩,重則引狼入室,可能毀了家園,尤其這幾種,不可掉以輕心
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