What do I have?

17 years ago

Last October I purchased a "Roadside Mix" seed mix from theodorepayne.org and planted them along with another seed mix in my back yard hillside at that time. I've been watering the hillside consistently since then, and now I have lots of green. The problem is since I'm not very fluent in identifying plant types (newbie), I don't know what I have right now! I do know I have a few lupines blooming right now, along with a few sunflowers (I don't have a clue how they got there, birds?!?), but the area seems to be overwhelmed with a certain plant type that I cannot identify (mustard plant, maybe).

To help identify what's going on in my area, I've put a few links to pictures I've taken today in this message:

http://mysite.verizon.net/the_bunks/by0001.jpg

http://mysite.verizon.net/the_bunks/by0002.jpg

http://mysite.verizon.net/the_bunks/by0003.jpg

http://mysite.verizon.net/the_bunks/by0004.jpg

http://mysite.verizon.net/the_bunks/by0005.jpg

http://mysite.verizon.net/the_bunks/by0006.jpg (just happen to like this pic)

Based on my ignorance in what's going on, could someone help me with the following?

1) Based on the pictures, what plant types are growing in my back yard?

2) Should I be "weeding out" any plant types or just leave this alone?

3) How often should I be watering this area right now and in the future (spring, summer, fall)?

4) Will there be any popppies growing out of this huge mass of plant life?

Since the pictures, more lupine have been showing up...

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Comments (4)

Judy_B_ON
17 years ago
Hard to tell what is what, to identify a plant you need to be able to see the stem and leaves as well as flowers.

Do you have a list of what plants were in the mixes? Check the web for pictures of those plants so you can tell them apart from any weeds that may have come in on their own

Suggest you buy a good field guide to the plants of California and identify the various plants you have growing. The guide should tell which are non native and you can weed those out.

See below for a link to a good site for seeing pictures of plants.

Here is a link that might be useful: Plants Database
jkb_cal
Original Author
17 years ago
Thank you for the link and input!

I've identified a few of the plants already (a few were actually from the mixes!) and I've googled one type that I have in abundance (but was not part of the purchased mix). There's one in particular that I can't identify.

I swapped the following picture:

http://mysite.verizon.net/the_bunks/by0001.jpg

with a closeup of the plant I'm trying to identify. If anyone can tell me what this is, I would be very happy. I'm getting a LOT of this plant!
nonmember_gw
17 years ago
The closeup is Medicago sp. M. polymorpha, bur-clover is a rampant wildland weed. M. lupulina infests lawns.
jkb_cal
Original Author
17 years ago
> The closeup is Medicago sp. M. polymorpha, bur-clover is a rampant wildland weed. M. lupulina infests lawns.

OK, thank you for the ID!