My tacoma stans is blooming!!

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Look! I did it!
For those who don't understand, I have the ultimate black thumb, plus a difficult growing environment. Rosemary understands what a triumph this is for me! [emoji2]
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Now, to justify plant ID...what is this low to the ground viney thing? I think it came in a seed store seed packet for torts.
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It’s happening! Congrats!

As for the second one, I got nothing.

I’ve been meaning to ask if you feed Chug any of that buckwheat that grows around your house?
 

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It’s happening! Congrats!

As for the second one, I got nothing.

I’ve been meaning to ask if you feed Chug any of that buckwheat that grows around your house?
I'm in trouble! Rosemary, I don't know which one you mean for buckwheat. I looked at the pix in the book, and still don't know. [emoji53]

I have more pictures though.
Is this forget-me-nots? It dries into brown stiff burr-like things that stick to clothes, dogs, just about anything. It's awful! And it's EVERYWHERE!
Tiny white flowers along a sort of stalk, only a few inches tall.20190414_192708.jpeg

This is not rosemary, bush about 2-3 feet tall.
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Is this mallow?
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This has a slight bluish tint, grows just like a little tree.
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This is the viney thing in the first post.
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Oh. for buckwheat I just mean you had posted a couple of buckwheat pictures in another person’s thread a while back. For some reason I thought those were growing near you. Might have just been my mistake.

As for above, the one with little white flowers is another popcorn flower I think. Narrowleafed maybe? Like this, although yours looks like it’s a bit past its first bloom? Safe, if he’ll eat it.

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The second I have no idea; looks kinda succulent-y? Can you get the entire plant?

Yes, the third is a mallow.

Fourth maybe a wild fennel? Like this? Probably not so big yet but very common. Safe but I don’t know if he’d eat it, takes like licorice. Addy can’t quite get herself to take a bite. Taste it for yourself, it’s pretty obviously got a licorice flavor. Yuck!

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I don’t know the last one but I’d be surprised if it came in a tortoise packet? Looks very much like a desert plant to me.
 

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