Weekly Wildflowers – Gilsland Farm, Falmouth, ME
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Weekly Wildflowers – Libbytown Neighborhood, Portland, ME
I enjoy this time of year, when most people have not gotten back into the groove of mowing their lawns, and you can therefore see some great flowers, even on a city street.
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Purple Flowering Raspberry
Purple Flower Raspberry Rubus odoratus Other names: Thimbleberry, Flowering Raspberry, Virginia Raspberry Family: Rosaceae (Rose Family) Range: Eastern US and Canada Native: Native Native Habitat: Wooded areas Bloom Time: June through August Notes: The fruit is edible, but is drier and more crumbly than other raspberries and blackberries, so this plant is generally grown in
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Beach Rose
Beach Rose Rosa rugosa Other names: rugosa rose, Japanese rose, Ramanas rose, beach tomato or sea tomato; saltspray rose, potato rose, Turkestan rose Family: Rosaceae Range: Native to northeastern China, Japan, Korea and southeastern Siberia. Native: Introduced Native Habitat: The coast, especially sand dunes. Bloom Time: May to July Notes: ‘Rugosa’ means wrinkled. The plant