20 May 2011
Taraxacum officinale
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AM I A WEED OR A COLORFUL AND BEAUTIFUL PERENNIAL FLOWER
In a way Dandelion is considered a Spring Flower and a good green part of our natural not cared for lawn. It’s green, eatable and is a good grower in about any type of soil. Bit of a pain in the flower beds. I am calling it Taraxacum officinale from now on and that will end all the why questions about dandelion’s growing in our yard.
I started this post as the first blast of Taraxacum officinale was coming into full bloom. The weather has curtailed that and with several days of cloudy rainy weather predicted it may never happen. Besides the fact that if the sun ever comes out again everything will be so tall and need to be mowed before it becomes a jungle I may not get to photograph it in full bloom. So we will have to live with what I have been able to get so far.
Here is a link to wikipedia check out the uses section.
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- Bluets are having a good year
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- PERIWINKLE VINCA MINOR doing very well this spring
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Weather not allowing a good photo shoot of the Taraxacum officinale. That’s it for this post and I am sure tomorrow will bring a change in the weather. Weather channel is showing a little hope for some sun.
Dandelions certainly give great opportunities for photo shoots as long as the weather is favourable. I have a few of those Taraxacum growing through cracks in my patio yet again – they certainly have determination.
You asked about editing software on my bluebell post. I use windows video maker which is a free download from microsoft. I firstly save my videos from the camera as a wvm file on there and then start a new project and bring the video and photographs together. Youtube have now started their own video editor. Hope that helps.
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jwlw Reply:
May 22nd, 2011 at 9:45 am
Thanks Rosie, downloaded it and learning how.
Have a wonderful day,
John
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Rosie@leavesnbloom
May 21st, 2011 at 4:12 ampermalink
i TRIED TO MAKE DANDELION WINE ONCE. iT WAS A PUTRID MESS!
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Cynthia
May 23rd, 2011 at 9:44 pmpermalink
Hi Cynthia: Glad you are back from the turkey hunt. Expect to be served wild turkey next time we dine.
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jwlw
May 23rd, 2011 at 11:36 pmpermalink
Hi John, I get dandeloins popping up in my garden too, but not so much that they bother me at all. Besides, the bees love them and I like to see happy bees!
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jwlw Reply:
July 3rd, 2011 at 9:29 pm
HI Heidi: Welcome back, did you enjoy your journey ? I will pop over to your blog to see what you have posted.
Have a great day,
John
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Heidi
July 3rd, 2011 at 3:30 ampermalink
Take heart, my local seed supplyer has packets of Dandelion opps sorry, I mean Taraxacum officinale seed. I could hardly believe it. Christina
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jwlw Reply:
July 5th, 2011 at 9:19 pm
HI Christina: Don’t need seed but good to know that it is available. Thanks for stopping by see you next time.
Have a great day,
John
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stacey Reply:
September 13th, 2011 at 3:30 pm
Hi
I have been looking for Taraxacum officinale and have never been able to find it. can you let me know what brand name of seeds they are . thank you
stacey
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jwlw Reply:
September 13th, 2011 at 6:22 pm
HI Stacey: Welcome to Liza and John’s Garden. Come back as often as you like all posts and comments are open, you just have to dig around a little.
Taraxacum officinale – Dandelion suggest you go to Google search for more information.
Have a great evening,
John
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Christina
July 5th, 2011 at 4:22 ampermalink