Captcha This!

You know these things - what you need to prove you're a human. Pick all the motorcycles, buses, traffic lights ... from a combination of up to 9 photos. Well, I say we should make this more interesting (plants!) and challenging (native plants!).

So, I am here to present just that! This one happens to be the "in your lawn" version. How many of these have you seen in your lawn? Some are flowering now, some may take a few more weeks. See answers at the end of the column.

I like a little humor with my native plants. Some of the other silly posts I've made include:

Wordle (All Words Lead to Native)

Fake Butter (I Can't Believe It's Not the Native)

Food Pyramid (Native Landscape Pyramid) - ok maybe not so silly on this one.

Grandchildren (The Tiny Hands Project and How to Rake Leaves)

Ok, are you ready for the answers to the native captcha?

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Starting with the top row, left to right: Common violet (Viola sororia), Henbit (Lamium amplexicaule), Carolina geranium (Geranium carolinianum). Middle row, left to right: Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), Hairy bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta), Slender wild basil (Clinopodium gracile). Bottom row, left to right: Bluets (Houstonia pusilla), Dwarf dandelion (Krigia biflora), Carolina bristlemallow (Modiola caroliniana).

Some of these are annuals and some are perennial. Look up each one to learn more (about keeping them or getting rid of them!). I personally love having some of those native ones - kind of like a pollinator lawn! This 2014 post has a few more that you might see in the lawn.