nope. Spiderwort is different, but I know the ones you're talking about. Can't wait to find out which one it is! Jennifer Keith Lynch wrote: > > Here's another take on the purple flowers? > > On both side of WV 5 at Burning Springs near the Masonic Lodge you will find > a purple some times white flower 2 to 3 feet in height with a 3" to 4" > cluster or cone of smaller flower on the top of the plant. According to Dr. > Earl L. Core's, Flora of West Virginia this flower is from the Mustard > Family, Hesperis Matronalis, Dame's Rocket. This maybe or may not be the > same purple flower Jennifer has spoken about with a different common name. > Dr. Core states "Matronly, from the old name, Mother of the Evening." > Wildflowers have received many common names down through the years. > > If Dames Rocket as I know it is what you are looking for, try The Vermont > Wildflower Farms now known as American Meadows seed number V00072, call > 1-800-424-1165. > > Wildseed Farms 1-800-848-0078 > > Applewood Seed Co. does not show Dame's Rocket but maybe able to help. > 303-431-7333 or check out their web site, www.applewoodseed.com > > Just another spin on thing! > Jennifer I would love to know if we are talking about the same flower. > > Keith Lynch > WV DOT Division of Highway > Operation Wildflower Coordinator > District Three > > If anyone is interested in donations for a wildflower plot in Honor or in > Memory of, on I77 or US 50 please let me know. > > >From: Jennifer Johnston <[email protected]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [WVWIRT] Back from Elizabeth (with some questions) > >Date: Sat, 20 May 2000 21:40:23 -0400 > > > >Here's my take on purple flowers: > > > >I haven't been along the road in Wirt in a while, but I'd guess that the > >purple flowers may be spiderwort. (That would be its common name, but > >I'll be darned if I know its scientific name.) Grab a landscaping book > >and check it out. That flower is often planted in graveyards, too. > > > >Ed Lloyd & Family wrote: > > > > > > We had a nice day in Wirt county on Friday. Did not get up > > > to Buffalo church (weren't sure how good the road would be > > > in the rain) but did go on Mayberry Run Road as far as Uncle > > > Ray's house (Ray Givens). Stopped but no one was home. > > > Does anyone know if Marge & Jess Bumgarner live there now? > > > We went to the Mayberry Church cemetery (where Ray and > > > Frances (Lynch) Givens are buried, Palestine cemetery (Uncle > > > Hayes Givens), Dunkard (Archer graves) and Mt. Pisgah (more > > > Givens). > > > We were SUPRISED to find that Elizabeth hill was gone!!! > > > Driving over Garfield road my husband remembered as a child > > > visiting a Sims farm that had a pond and sure enough, we > > > found it. Also saw a Archer place on that road. Does > > > anyone know what Archers? > > > Other questions Ed posed as we drove: > > > 1. How did Pee Wee get its name? > > > 2. Do people fish the Reedy and Little Kanawha? > > > 3. What is the water source for the fire hydrants on these > > > back roads? > > > And I'd like to know what are the pretty purple flowers > > > growing along the road. > > > Mayberry is a nice, peaceful spot. We were both tired from > > > driving and Ed has a heart condition and has to rest often, > > > so he took a nap while I explored the cemetery! > > > Joanne > > > >-- > >Jennifer Johnston > >[email protected] > >http://www.geocities.com/jfayewv/ > > > >The Fox said to the little prince: > > "Men have forgotten this truth, > > but you must not forget it. > > You remain responsible, forever, > > for what you have tamed." > > > > - The Little Prince and the Fox > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com -- Jennifer Johnston [email protected] http://www.geocities.com/jfayewv/ The Fox said to the little prince: "Men have forgotten this truth, but you must not forget it. You remain responsible, forever, for what you have tamed." - The Little Prince and the Fox