Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 ....that has tiny cotton-looking "flowers"? We had them all over the valley when we moved to Utah in 1951 and Dad still had some by the garage the last time I was there in 2001. Seems they were very hardy....surviving even -30 f weather and hundred degree summers....and attractive, but I can't find what I'm looking for on the net. Any horticulturist out there. (There must be. Every other skill, arts, food, costume, language, historical, entertainment, and other question thing turns up someone really quickly.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 (edited) Pussy willow? Edited September 21 by Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 Maybe Cow Parsnip? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracleum_maximum 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 Common Yarrow? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracleum_maximum 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted September 21 Author Share Posted September 21 (edited) On 9/21/2024 at 8:05 AM, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: Pussy willow? THAT EARNED YOU A DRINK ON ME. Bottles, set the man up. Thanks, Mo. "A mind is a terrible thing to waste." I sometimes wonder why it has been so often wasted in TV and radio pukes....and politicians....and newspaper columnists...and too many teachers and professors. Mine wasn't wasted. It just faded away. Edited September 22 by Forty Rod SASS 3935 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Lizard Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 Now that we got threw all of that.....How and why the name???? Texas Lizard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted September 22 Author Share Posted September 22 20 hours ago, Texas Lizard said: Now that we got threw all of that.....How and why the name???? Texas Lizard Just because. So there! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 21 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: "A mind is a terrible thing to waste." I sometimes wonder why it has been so often wasted in TV and radio pukes....and politicians....and newspaper columnists...and too many teachers and professors. Mine wasn't wasted. It just faded away. I don't think yours was wasted, more likely you wore it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 21 hours ago, Texas Lizard said: Now that we got threw all of that.....How and why the name???? Texas Lizard They say the name pussy willow comes from a legend of a mother cat on a riverbank crying over her kittens who had fallen in chasing butterflies. The willows lent a hand by bending their branches into the water for the kittens to grab on to. The fuzzy pussy willow blooms each Spring are where the kittens once clung. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 22 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: THAT EARNED YOU A DRINK ON ME. Bottles, set the man up. Thanks, Joe. "A mind is a terrible thing to waste." I sometimes wonder why it has been so often wasted in TV and radio pukes....and politicians....and newspaper columnists...and too many teachers and professors. Mine wasn't wasted. It just faded away. Which one was it? Pussy willow, Cow Parsnip, or Yarrow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted September 22 Author Share Posted September 22 24 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Which one was it? Pussy willow, Cow Parsnip, or Yarrow? Pussy willow. I didn't see any others. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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