#yellow rocket

I just started seeds I collected growing wild in my garden last year.

Today I started some Horseweed and Catnip in my plant room, and then I put Motherwort, Queen Anne's Lace, Yellow Rocket, and Bittersweet Nightshade into my fridge for cold stratification.

The Motherwort should be ready to come out in 2 weeks.

Lots of this unidentified grassy thing

Wild Quinoa/Lamb's Quarter found and relocated

A growing collection of Virginia Stickseed

A growing amount of Buckwheat and some more ready to be relocated

No idea

More Dwarf Mallow

Miscellaneous Fleabanes and things

Shepards Purse and 2 things I'm pretty sure are more

Pennycress (which I lost my seed to last year) rediscovered and ready to be moved

Red Deadnettle looking dead(nettle)

Holy hell White Catnip

The Milfoil/White Yarrow grown from seed last year ready to go in the ground (and start blooming soon)

And the Yellow Rocket (I'm growing fond of) continuously blooming

Bonus:

The Wild Ginger sent out it's funky little bloom

The Wild Geranium that survived is getting huge

At least 5 Rose Milkweed came back

Barbarea vulgaris, Brassicaceae

A cloud of bright yellow bittercress, bearing all the telltale signs of the mustard family, makes me almost believe it’s sunny even on a very gray day. This Eurosiberian perennial is well-known and used to be often cultivated in gardens, both for its ornamental value and as it looses its medicinal properties when dried, so it’s best used fresh. The flower stalks and the leaves, available until early winter, are edible, but shouldn’t be consumed in large quantities. 

The poulticed leaves have been historically used to treat wounds and burns, so the genus was named after Saint Barbara, supposed to look after people working with artillery and explosives. Rich in vitamin C, like those of many other Brassicaceae, they have also been used to fight off scurvy. Once again, a plant noted for being a good source of pollen and nectar thus being very attractive to wildlife. 

Putting another round of seeds in the fridge to cold stratify today 😊

2 yellow rockets

A few dwarf mallows

Some very past-its-prime red deadnettle

A crap ton of very similar, but not identical, erigeron/horseweed plants I can't positively ID yet

All the white catnip

3 shepard's purses now

These grassy looking things I can't ID yet either (maybe actual grasses)

Lotsa virginia stickseed