#creeping charlie

[los-plantalones]

Ground ivy is another invasive edible commonly found in lawns and fields.

It was historically used when brewing beer (before hops, or when hops were unavailable), for clarity and to add an earthy, floral flavor.

This isn’t one I’d put in a salad – as a member of the mint family (lamiaceae), it has an aromatic flavor that I find similar to sage and rosemary. I use it mostly as a spice for that reason, but you can also use it to make tea. It blends well with mountain mint, lavender, and apple blossom.

#plants #foraging #ground ivy #glechoma hederacea #creeping charlie #invasive plants #edible plants #my photos

[gworlinterrupted]

a zine abt being trapped in the car w someone u hate

#zines #mine #creeping charlie #shoutout to whoever put me onto creeping charlie i think it was u tom <3 #Spotify #also it literally just occurred to me that i can do my zines hotdog style. Crazy

[blackswallowtailbutterfly]

Bzzz!

Just some bees in my garden and in the fields and on a neighbourhood walk. :)

Featured bees include bumblebees (native), green sweatbees (native), honeybees (invasive), carpenter bees (native), and some I'm not sure about.

Featured flower hosts include bull thistles (invasive weed), rose of sharon (invasive), New England aster (native), cup plant (native), starthistle (not native), Nuttall's sunflower (native), purple coneflower (native), anise hyssop (native), white wood aster (native), swamp milkweed (native), sow thistle (invasive weed), creeping charlie (invasive), creeping thistle (invasive weed), wild rose (native maybe), wild bergamot (native), bride's feathers (native), bigleaf lupin (native maybe or invasive), and upright prairie coneflower "Mexican hat" (native species, but a cultivar).

All my photos, unedited. Don't mind the weirdness of the third last photo. It's my phone's "portrait" which I found out belatedly can have, uh, interesting results.

#bees #bumblebees #insects #hymenoptera #bees wasps and ants #honeybees #sweatbees #carpenter bees #my photos #photography #blackswallowtailbutterfly #bees on flowers #flowers #native North American plant species #native North American insect species #thistles #milkweed #sunflower #purple coneflower #upright prairie coneflower #swamp milkweed #lupin #bigleaf lupin #asters #New England aster #white wood aster #coneflowers #wild rose #starthistle #creeping charlie

[smart-ass-herbalism]

Steeping some Creeping Charlie for my first attempt at a bug spray.

#herbalism #creeping charlie #homemade bug spray #foraging

[poop-me-a-flower]

It is spring and the creeping Charlie (tentative ID) is blooming in this person’s rocky front yard.

#plantblr #flowers #flower #blue flower #creeping Charlie #ground Ivy #outside plants

[amysnotdeadyet]

today's daily comic is about a very cool "weed" we found in our yard

#drawtober #daily comic #creeping charlie #save the bees #my art #weeds are cool

[eccentricorganisms]

Glechoma hederacea

🌿Glechoma hederacea

Family: Lamiacea (Mint)

Common Names: Ground Ivy, Creeping Charlie, & gill-over-the-ground

Perennial herbaceous plant

Native to Europe, and introduced to North America as early as the 1800's. It is considered Invasive in the U.S as it forms dense patches that can push out native plants.

Pollinators include: Anthophora furcata (Fork-tailed flower bee) Anthidum manicatum (European wool carder bee) Anthophora plumipes (Hairy-footed flower bee) Anthophora quadrimaculata (Four-branded flower bee) Anthophora abrupta (Minor bee) Osmia aurulenta (Gold-fringed mason bee) Osmia caerulescens (Blue mason bee) Osmia lignaria (Blue orchard bee)

#botany #horticulture #botanical #flowers #purple flowers #wildflowers #springtime #invasive species #invasive plants #gardening #plants #the more you know #the more you learn #science rules #creeping charlie #kill your lawn #let them pollinate #flowers for the bees #save the bees #let the bees feed #perennial grasses

[mossmosss]

#my photography #aes #aesthetic #2022 #july #my garden #daylilies #grass #foliage #creeping charlie #pictures of the ground :) #patterns

[hyssopandbee]

If you think all our gardens are manicured and weeded, absolutely not! I’ll be getting all this out to find the stuff that’s actually supposed to be here, but, we can appreciate the wildness for now. It emerged very quickly!

#purple deadnettle #creeping charlie #ground ivy #weeds #gardening #gardencore

[gentlewreath]

I love creeping charlie so much… small purple flowers my beloved

#it’s all edible!! isn’t that neat!! related to mint & high in vitamin c 😊 #mine #nature #plants #leaves #flowers #green #purple #creeping charlie

[elminx]

Just May Day Things

Yesterday's Flower Inspired Menu:

Chevre with chives, ground ivy, and tulips served with crackers and a veggie plate Dandelion gnocchi served with a garlic mustard cream sauce Cheeseburgers (Why? Not sure but Dora insisted on making them) Forsythia poke cake* With a choice of Strawberry wine spritzers or Violet Gin Sours It was a small gathering this year, just the base coven and our SOs. Each of us helped in the gathering of flowers, making of the food, or crafting of the May Pole and Flower crowns. Just seven people getting a bit sun addled (it was 70 which is far warmer than it's been up here in the somewhat frozen north and our bodies aren't used to it yet) picking flowers on the most perfect day of the year. We worked hard for our meal harvesting flowers which resulted in only a few photos of our festivities.

*The forsythia cake was made in my Nana's old cake pan from the 50s that I inherited from her. It still has her signature on it from when she used to bring it to events with her girlfriends (I'm always careful not to soap that area to keep the sticker). She loved May Day and taught me to celebrate it as a child and would have loved so much to eat flowers. I wish that I'd known how many flowers were edible while she was still alive.

#witchblr #words #mine #personal #kitchen magic #herbcraft #wild foraging #backyard foraging #may day #beltane #just bog witch things #dandelion gnocchi #dandelion #tulip #creeping charlie #chive #flowers #spring flowers #spring edibles

[cyeria]

save the bees

#ground ivy #creeping Charlie #aiehoof #naturecore #witchcore #cottagecore #nature #forestcore #forest #nature hikes #springtime #nature photography #flowercore #nature trail #winter day #flowers #trees #countrycore #nature hike #spring #hikes #springcore #hike #save the bees #bees #bee #beecore #bee wine #wine #white wine

[smart-ass-herbalism]

Creeping Charlie in full bloom

#herbalism #creation #foraging #creeping charlie #nature

[unicornbeck]

Just some creeping charlie in our yard.

#briskie #there is no such thing as a weed #creeping charlie #wildflowers #Crowley is a weed

[thebotanicalarcade]

n304_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: British plant-galls London,Methuen & co. ltd.[1912] biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57102659

#Electronic books #Galls (Botany) #Great Britain #University of Toronto - Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library #bhl:page=57102659 #dc:identifier=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57102659 #art #flickr #mary k spittal #gall wasp #long-rooted cat's-ear #ground icy #gill-ver-the-ground #creeping charlie #alehoof #tnuhoof #catsfoot #field balm #run-away-robin #catsear #flatweed #cat's-ear #hairy cat's ear #flase dandelion #scientific drawing #scientific illustration #botanical illustration #floral illustration #Hypochaeris radicata #Glechoma hederacea

[plantdads]

Plant Update - Identified!

the weed in with my Aloe Plant? it's Creeping Charlie! it's a ground ivy that my parents have around their house which means that it's probably been sitting dormant in the soil for over a year

the absolute funniest part is that it popped up this summer around when roe v. wade was overturned and, according to google, Charlie here is an abortifacient. the universe really said "here are some options for you babe" and i just think that's great lmao

#will i ever shut up #unknown friend #creeping charlie #ground ivy #green thumb #indoor plants #(tho does this one count if he's not supposed to be indoors??) #plantblr #plant blog #also i'm pro-choice if that wasn't clear