Pickerelweed

The blue-flowered aquatic plant in the small goldfish pond near the Clegg Garden entrance is pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata).

It was planted here at this location, but pickerelweed is also an aquatic plant native to Indiana wetlands.

Photos taken July 6, 2015.

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Hostas

The plants with the purple flowers near the entrance of Clegg Garden are hostas.  These perennial plants are not native but were planted here years ago.  Gardeners usually plant hostas for the attractive, shade-tolerant foliage, but the flowers that show in summer are attractive too.

Photos taken July 6, 2015.

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Ginseng flowering

Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) is beginning to flower here.  This ginseng is not growing wild but was planted in front of the house at Clegg Garden. 

Photo taken June 25, 2015.

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Path rush

Here is a rush that is easy to find.  It’s path rush (Juncus tenuis).  Path rush typically is found on trails because it tolerates compacted soil.  This path rush is along the trail that runs by the old horse shelter at Clegg Garden.  Photo taken June 15, 2015.

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Rushes are often mistaken for grasses but botanically they are different, in the plant family Juncaceae.

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Indian pink

This striking display of red-yellow flowers is along the driveway entering Clegg Garden.  It is Spigelia marilandica, sometimes called Indian Pink.  This is native to some of the southern states of the US but not this part of Indiana..

Photo taken June 14, 2015.

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Blue penstemon along the trail near Wildcat Creek

I will surmise that this is a blue form of Penstemon cobaea.  Compare it to the pale flowered Penstemon on the high slope pictured in the post of May 31.

http://clegggarden.blogspot.com/2015/05/introduced-wildflowers.html

This blue flowered Penstemon is found along the trail on the low lying ground near Wildcat Creek.  Photos taken June 13, 2015.

The nature, identification, and origin of the Penstemon at Clegg Garden needs further review.

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Red raspberry slime mold

Tubifera ferruginosa, also called red raspberry slime mold, on an old fallen log at Clegg Garden.

Photo taken June 13, 2015.

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