The scientific name is Lamium amplexicaule and the common name is Henbit Deadnettle...
Either way, it is beyond me to remember...
Would prefer the Japanese name anytime... Hotoke no za 仏の座, Buddha's Throne? as derived from the shape of the leaves...
This 'minor weed' can be found here and there in my potager... it has delightful flowers and apparently, it is an important source of nectar for bees...
Blue flowers are lovely... ^:-)
Yes, am referring to the hyacinth... it is said that the bulbs are poisonous as they contain oxalic acid...
Like the first caption, the scientific name is Bergenia stracheyi... would again prefer its Japanese name... Himalaya Yuki no Shita ヒマラヤユキノシタ... literally, the Snow beneath the Himalayas...
Originally found in the Western Himalayas, at heights ranging from 2700-4700 meters... and to think that we are sited at about perhaps 30 to 40 meters above sea level...
