I'm learning lots about all the plants on my new property. I hope you don't mind me asking for more help identifying some of them. 1. A plant with nice bell- like flowers that is growing all over the place. I'm not sure if it is a weed or a self-seeding flower. It is about 2 feet tall 2. pink flower about a 12 inches tall. 3. Very bright purple-pink flower about 12 inches tall. I'm not sure if it is a different variety of the same plant as 2. 4. Very large leaves on a low growing plant growing on the edge of the woodland. 5. Very common weed vine growing all over with purple flowers. I don't know what it is called. 6. This picture is not very good. The plant has lots of tiny light blue flowers on long thin stocks. 7. Two photos of a bush growing on the edge of the woodland. It is about 5 feet tall with lots of sprays of very tiny flowers. I think it is a common native plant as I have seen a number of them around Sooke.
1. Aquilegia spp. (Columbines) - these are only a weed if you think they are. Most people cultivate them. 2. I want to say Penstemon 5. Vetch of some sort. It's a horribly invasive plant; I normally pull it up when I find it.
#4 is Vanilla Leaf, Achlys triphylla...dried out, the leaves smell strongly of vanilla. #7 looks like ocean spray Holodiscus discolor.
Thanks for everyone's help. Ron, I am impressed with your extensive knowledge of plants. Thanks for sharing it.
3. looks very much like "oeillet de poète" in French, which means "poet's carnation" ; sweet William in English, very sweet indeed and sweet perfume. I love them and got some in my garden.
With all the crossing that has been done with Dianthus it's possible the third one it not a pure D. barbatus, otherwise the dense round head terminating the main stem is characteristic of that species.