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