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Forum: Plant and Tree Identification Replies: 7, Views: 158

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plantnutz
Austell, GA
(Zone 7a)
May 11, 2008
1:29 PM
Post #4937058
I think this came in a pot from something I bought at a GNPS sale a couple of years ago. For some reason, I initially thought it was Uvularia might be misspelled (Merry Bells) but I don't know why I thought that.

It's the plant with the weird looking seed pod I guess.

Thanks,

Brenda

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plantnutz
Austell, GA
(Zone 7a)
May 11, 2008
1:30 PM
Post #4937061
Argh, just opened it up to see my foot in bad need of a pedicure.

TomH3787
Raleigh, NC
(Zone 7b)
May 11, 2008
2:41 PM
Post #4937288
I think it's Uvularia perfoliata
plantnutz
Austell, GA
(Zone 7a)
May 11, 2008
3:30 PM
Post #4937403
Is this just younger then?

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plantaholic186
Winnetka, IL
May 11, 2008
3:52 PM
Post #4937460
The second one looks more like Polygonatum, which species I'm not sure, but this looks close:

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TomH3787
Raleigh, NC
(Zone 7b)
May 11, 2008
4:45 PM
Post #4937628
The 2nd one is definitely a different plant - note that the leaves of Uvularia perfoliata wrap around the stems at the base, while the 2nd plant does not. I doubt it's the linked plant however (Polygonatum lasianthum) since that is rather uncommon in the US. It might be Polygonatum biflorum - are the flowers in pairs?
plantnutz
Austell, GA
(Zone 7a)
May 11, 2008
5:07 PM
Post #4937691
I could have sworn the second one had yellow flowers and I was thinking it was the uvularia.

I must be losing it!

B

altagardener
Calgary, AB
(Zone 3b)
May 11, 2008
11:31 PM
Post #4939191
The second is a Disporum sp., fairy bells.

EDIT: ... as suggested by the zig-zag stems.

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