Wildflower Wednesday

In mid-July the sunny golden Stella 'd Oro daylilies are in full bloom.  They certainly live up to the English translation of their name - Star of Gold.  Planted with these wild Oxeye Daisies, they make a cheery flower bed as they bob in the breeze coming off of the lake.

I can hardly imagine calling the daisies an invasive species, but so they have been named by the Minnesota DNR.  I always have thought of them as a native prairie flower, but apparently they are native to Europe and were brought here as an ornamental flower.   They have become a major roadside 'weed,' though they are not a serious threat to intact prairie or savanna.

Now, the definition of a weed is 'a plant considered undesirable in a particular situation,' and I think that daisies along the roadsides are particularly lovely.  I wouldn't call them weeds at all!