Yeah, good thing we're not old people!! :)
What's the grass with the fluffy, shiny “heads"? I always think they're attractive. Maybe "Miscanthus sinensis," with common name “eulalia”?
Nice lighting. What are these - are they weeds that you were getting rid of? And, is the dog fennel a good thing - as in the aniseed fennel you can eat. Actually, are these the fennel? We get something similar on the roadsides over here - great for flavouring all sorts of things.. Sorry about being so wordy! :)
@robz Thank you very much! Dog fennel is in the aster family, unlike the herb fennel which is in the carrot family. Dog fennel is a natural insecticide. If you crush the leaves in your hand - it smells very pungent. However, when it blooms in October - the teeny tiny white flowers have a wonderful delicate scent a lot like baby powder. Dog fennel was used in dog beds years ago to help keep the bugs away. It is considered a very tall weed here, but as a native plant - people are starting to add it to their gardens for texture. It grows 7 to 8 feet tall and can be seen growing along roadsides in pastures and fields. I let it grow because of its lovely scent that carries on the breeze in the autumn and pull it up or cut it down in the winter when it's done. It reseeds itself every year and will pop up anywhere in the yards. Eupatorium capillifolium commonly known as dog fennel. http://www.namethatplant.net/plantdetail.shtml?plant=545 Hope that answers your question.
@rensala Yeah, it's a weird thing seeing people my age who look older than they are, but then I look older than I am and I'm feeling it more every day.
Hi Mags. Thanks so much for all the info and the images and the links. It's all quite fascinating and informative. It's now apparent that the one we get growing wild is the herb fennel - which we use for its aniseed flavour. It does look quite a lot like the dogfennel - but maybe not as big. We'll have to keep in mind that there is the other poisonous dogfennel! Again - Thanks so much for going to so much bother to answer my question - I do appreciate it. Cheers Rob
What's the grass with the fluffy, shiny “heads"? I always think they're attractive. Maybe "Miscanthus sinensis," with common name “eulalia”?
@joansmor Thank you, Joan.
@rhoing LOL! Thank you, Thom. It's Eupatorium capillifolium commonly known as dog fennel. http://www.namethatplant.net/plantdetail.shtml?plant=545
@ljmanning Thank you, Laura.
@kipper1951 They're very dry sticks with the tiny seed heads. =)