The Sunflower House at the Children's Museum

The Sunflower House at the Long Island children's museum looks like a fine place to sit and read a little book, maybe even a book titled The Sunflower House about a boy who plants some tall sunflowers in a circle. (If your legs are on the small side, that is).

Or perhaps bump into a ladybug.

There's a Good Reason Why Landscaping with Grasses is so Popular

And there's a reason why you can find so many books about how to garden with and use grasses in landscape design too. To put it simply, it's because they are gorgeous and versatile. Who in their right mind is gonna complain about the sight of pennisetum flower spikes catching the light and swaying in a September breeze?

And it's hard for me to imagine growing tired of seeing Hakonechloa mass planted somewhere.

All in the Family (& Genus): Solanaceae & Solanum

Carolina horsenettle, aka: radical weed, apple of Sodom

I passed a "radical weed" growing by the side of the road which looked to be related to and in the same family of some potatoes I've grown.

How closely related is this plant, which according to Wikipedia is labelled a noxious weed in some states though a southeastern native,  to that purple flowered potato I grew pictured below? Well the Carolina Horsenettle's botanical name is Solanum carolinense and the potato's is Solanum tuberosum, so they share the same genus too.

It's Turning Into A Weeds and Seeds Week

And maybe it's also turning into a celebrating some of the pretty packages seeds come in week too?

A Little Bit of Thistle and a Little Bit of Thastle

Oh allright. There is no such thing as Thastle.

Earlier in the week I didn't see any plumes of white hair that the seeds ride the wind with.

Today it looked like seeds were ready to fly.