Even Greener Pastures

You're right, SuKi, it's definitely a generation thing as well. I'd like to think that kids here still learn names of flowers. I know I did when I was little but I already knew many of them because my parents had taught me them - and they're no plant enthusiasts. Also, I think that our culture revolves around forests and fields and quite a few classic cartoons and stories for kids mention specific plants. So there's still hope for kids who have their faces glued to a screen of some sort. Schools definitely still teach about different types of trees and birds that stay here during the winter months and ones that migrate. For some reason this seems to be very important.

You did great! (I hope this is a situation where "great" can be used as purely positive.) It's a nettle, the blue one is chicory and the green one that looks a bit like wild garlic is plantago lanceolata, also called ribwort plantain, narrowleaf plantain or, this may surprise you, English plantain Not to be confused with the other plantain, a cooking banana.