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| A LAZY, HAZY DAY OF SUMMER |
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| BEACH PEA |
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| ST. JOHN'S WORT |
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| MOCK ORANGE |
Friday, 7:30 AM. 66 degrees, wind N, calm. The sly is clear with a bit of haze. The channel is glassy. The barometer still predicts rain, which we got about .2” of last night late, a short windy squall. We seem to be in a pattern of nighttime storms that usually don’t amount to much more than bluster.
The beach pea, Lathyrus japonica, has begun to bloom and will soon be everywhere in the environs of the lake. It is a beautiful but weedy creeping vine. It occurs along the great lakes and similar habitats throughout the northern hemisphere. It is best left growing in the wild.
Saint John’s wort, Kalmia latifolia and related species, just came into bloom. It is a rather showy field weed, used in both herbal and modern medicine as an antidote for depression.
Mock orange, Philadelphus coronarius, is a European shrub long in cultivation, that is quite showy and sweet scented in bloom. It was once a very popular landscape plant.
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