One of the Butter and Eggs plants is still blooming. The blossoms are a bit faded compared to the summer blossoms. However, I still like seeing some blossoms in the garden. After I took this shot, it snowed. We received a dusting of snow. The days of flowers are quickly ending. The days of cold and snow are beginning.
@linnypinny@thewatersphotos@maggiemae@olivetreeann@tonygig@sangwann@deborah63@pyrrhula Thanks to all of you for your wonderful comments. I think this must be a heirloom plant. I received a start from my mother, who received a start from her mother in law (my grandmother). They always called it "butter and eggs". I rarely see this plant in gardens now. When I was growing up, I would see it in the gardens in the area where my father grew up. If you ever get a start of this plant, beware. It is "a spreader". I placed it in one flower bed and it almost took over that flower bed. I then moved it to another smaller flower bed, where it is the only plant. The butter and egg plants seem to like that flower bed and the do not seem to be spreading out of that one flower bed. Now, I will have to weed it out of the original flower bed! I will try to research this plant and report any information I find.
@linnypinny@thewatersphotos@maggiemae@olivetreeann@tonygig@sangwann@deborah63@pyrrhula Here is what I learned from my research. Butter and eggs is a species of toadflax and is a member of the figwort family. Butter and eggs goes by other names: Jacob's Ladder, wild snapdragon, ramsted, and flaxweed. It is known as an invasive weed. It grows from one foot to two feet tall. This perennial plant originated from SE Europe and SW Asia, but has been introduced to places around the world.
