Two entries in name that plant today.
This annual popped up near where I was hoping some cerinthe I grew in a container last year might be seeding around. Now that it’s flowering, even I know it’s not cerinthe. Name that plant.
This iconic WPA poster is so iconic, I can’t pin a name on the plant. Is it modeled after a real plant, or just an abstraction>
The blossoms on No. 1 look just like the fava beans we’re growing for the first time this year. I believe the variety we planted is “Windsor” from Fedco.
I agree with Matthew Bricker – that is a Broad Bead as we call them in the UK – mmm tasty!
@borisse: Broad bean that is!
Yep. Fava beans. I should have known that because I’ve grown them in the veggie garden. Not sure how these ended up in the flower bed, but I think I’ll let them grow.
You’re kidding about not being able to identify the WPA poster plant, right? To me, it’s a definite lilac…
The fava bean was a mystery to me, however.
entangled:
Well in hindsight, sure. Obviously lilacs. But for some reason I was limiting my thoughts to wildflowers and herbaceous plants and was drawing a blank.
The “let them grow” caption would lead your thoughts in that direction. Who needs encouragement to grow lilacs? 🙂
All I see in the illustration is popcorn. They’re special popcorn cobs that grow with leaves on long twining stems. It’s broad corn.