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shihtzumom
Pearisburg, VA
(Zone 6a)
June 25, 2008
5:31 PM Post #5159065
| I have several of these and have no idea what they are 
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Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
June 25, 2008
5:42 PM Post #5159105
| Looks like a milkweed. |
robcorreia
San Diego, CA
(Zone 10b)
June 25, 2008
6:11 PM Post #5159220
| Looks like my cerinthe major...just a guess!
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shihtzumom
Pearisburg, VA
(Zone 6a)
June 25, 2008
10:29 PM Post #5160366
| Those leaves look longer and pointed vs mine that are rounded - but different areas may produce a change. Or are there different varieties |
shihtzumom
Pearisburg, VA
(Zone 6a)
July 1, 2008
10:51 AM Post #5187427
| Any other suggestions - what this thing is? |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
July 1, 2008
1:29 PM Post #5188263
| Can you show flowers? |
shihtzumom
Pearisburg, VA
(Zone 6a)
July 1, 2008
3:38 PM Post #5188973
| no flowers to show - at least not yet. Just the plant as you see it |
robcorreia
San Diego, CA
(Zone 10b)
July 1, 2008
5:42 PM Post #5189446
| When this happens with me, I just give it some time and wait for the flowers...it will be much easier to id! |
Starzz
Newcastle, ON
(Zone 5a)
July 1, 2008
7:48 PM Post #5189855
| This is a pic of my Milkweed with the flower bud forming.
I have several too..and I let them be as they smell so wonderful
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shihtzumom
Pearisburg, VA
(Zone 6a)
July 1, 2008
8:52 PM Post #5190145
| No, not milkweed. This is a blueish gray flower. Milk weed is more green. |
KSBaptisia
Beatrice, NE
(Zone 5b)
July 8, 2008
3:39 PM Post #5225161
| I can't tell for sure if the leaves are alternate or opposite, but if they are alternate, the plant may be Snow-on-the-Mountain (Euphorbia marginata). |
shihtzumom
Pearisburg, VA
(Zone 6a)
July 9, 2008
10:20 AM Post #5229004
| No, it's all the blue gray color, no white. The plants are about 10 inches tall now. No blooms but it looks like something that would bloom but leaves keep appearing and it's still tall - not getting wider |
KSBaptisia
Beatrice, NE
(Zone 5b)
July 9, 2008
6:15 PM Post #5231579
| Snow-on-the-Mountain doesn't show any white until the inflorensces start to develop. The plants in pastures around here are exactly the same color as in your picture, that's why I suggested it. Your plant may not be Snow-on-the-Mountain, but it certainly resembles it. |
shihtzumom
Pearisburg, VA
(Zone 6a)
July 10, 2008
8:27 AM Post #5234393
| If the white shows up later then it may be this plant./weed. The color is great but I want to stop a weed. |
shihtzumom
Pearisburg, VA
(Zone 6a)
August 2, 2008
8:57 PM Post #5360413
| Here is that wonderful plant I left to grow - still don't know what it is but I bet someone does now. I love it. 
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shihtzumom
Pearisburg, VA
(Zone 6a)
August 2, 2008
8:58 PM Post #5360414
| here is is with Joe Pye weed 
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Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
August 2, 2008
9:05 PM Post #5360445
| Your last two photos are Euphorbia marginata! |
shihtzumom
Pearisburg, VA
(Zone 6a)
August 2, 2008
9:09 PM Post #5360461
| Finally a name for the beautiful plant. Now to look it up |
KSBaptisia
Beatrice, NE
(Zone 5b)
August 2, 2008
11:40 PM Post #5361013
| It's an annual, so if you want it back next year, you might want to collect some seed from your plant. It's easy to grow. Just be sure you put the seed 'pods' in a closed paper bag or a container (not sealed) with a lid. The pods explode when they dry and fling the seed all over creation. |
shihtzumom
Pearisburg, VA
(Zone 6a)
August 3, 2008
2:52 PM Post #5363270
| That's how I got them when I received some other plants in trade that are planted right with this. So the seeds will be obvious? I need to look this up.
Thanks for the input. I assume if they drop seeds they will self seed? I hope since they look great with the Joe Pye weed and Crosmosia |
KSBaptisia
Beatrice, NE
(Zone 5b)
August 3, 2008
3:40 PM Post #5363466
| Those little yellowish things in the center of the white-edged bracts are the flowers/developing seed pods. They will turn a real light green and just look dry when they are ready to pick. The plant naturally self seeds, but I don't know how well it might germinate through mulch and stuff like that, as it is a plant of bare ground areas in the wild. And, like I said, the seed pods explode and fling the seeds all over the place so they may not end up in a suitable spot or where you want them. If you put a lot of seed pods in a 5 gallon bucket, it can sound like a popcorn popper when they start going off and some of the seeds will fly right out of the bucket.:) |
Celene
Columbus, OH
August 3, 2008
7:58 PM Post #5364458
| I vote for Cerinthe as well. Looks just like mine. |
shihtzumom
Pearisburg, VA
(Zone 6a)
August 3, 2008
9:33 PM Post #5364981
| I read that it's very much like posion ivy or others that easily give skin rash. I've never had poison ivy or oak but I've had a a rash this year and not sure what it could be. The basic treatment for ivy or oak worked about the same but I wondered after 48 years what it could be.
The plant is stunning with Joe Pye - the contrast is great. |
growgirl59
Saint Louis, MO
August 4, 2008
9:15 AM Post #5366439
| KSBaptisia - you had it right early on! I want to try that seed in the bucket thing. It always amazes me when plants propel their own seeds. |
