Plant Identification: SOLVED: Another large perennial I need help identifying

Author Content happy_macomb Chevy Chase, MD (Zone 7a) May 30, 2012 10:24 AM Post #9144894 We saw this driving around town and wondered if it would work in our wild front yard.       Click an image for an enlarged view. kennedyh Churchill, Victoria Australia (Zone 10a) May 30, 2012 3:38 PM Post #9145258 Iy looks rather like adock, a Rumex species. Perhaps the Broad-leafed Dock - Rumex obtusifolius: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/32113/ Ken happy_macomb Chevy Chase, MD (Zone 7a) May 31, 2012 8:44 AM Post #9146105 Really? I'm surprised. I think it was used in a garden designed by Wolfgang Oehme, and I can't find any Rumex's associated with his work other than the relatively short Bloody Dock, or any big Rumex's used ornamentally. Am I missing something. altagardener Calgary, AB (Zone 3b) May 31, 2012 9:27 AM Post #9146156 Inula racemosa. happy_macomb Chevy Chase, MD (Zone 7a) May 31, 2012 10:33 AM Post #9146234 Aha! I didn't know what that looked like in the "flesh"! Oehme was a big proponent of Inula racemosa 'Sonnenspeer' , so I bet that is what it is! Thank you so much! Here's a photo posted by growin from UBC: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/318780/. altagardener Calgary, AB (Zone 3b) May 31, 2012 10:38 AM Post #9146240 Yes, that's why I thought of it! happy_macomb Chevy Chase, MD (Zone 7a) May 31, 2012 10:40 AM Post #9146243 Thank you SO much! (Warning -- I have more photos from that same garden that I haven't uploaded for ID yet!) trackinsand mid central, FL (Zone 9a) May 31, 2012 11:18 AM Post #9146290 happy, don't forget to mark all of your id'ed plants solved, if they are! happy_macomb Chevy Chase, MD (Zone 7a) May 31, 2012 12:59 PM Post #9146424 I know, I've been bad. trackinsand mid central, FL (Zone 9a) May 31, 2012 2:07 PM Post #9146556 tsk, tsk. happy_macomb Chevy Chase, MD (Zone 7a) May 31, 2012 3:03 PM Post #9146598 Sigh -- if only this were the only way in which I err. trackinsand mid central, FL (Zone 9a) May 31, 2012 6:15 PM Post #9146872 i hear ya on that one...

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