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Old 27-09-2015, 10:05 AM posted to rec.gardens
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Default Flower ID?

On 27/09/2015 10:05 AM, David E. Ross wrote:
On 9/26/2015 3:41 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 18:31:36 -0400, songbird
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DirtBag wrote:
My wife just picked up some flowers from a local fair.

Can anyone help ID these?

(Midwest USA)


http://tinyurl.com/nsqk2as

http://tinyurl.com/oz5trt5

Thanks

looks like a phlox to me, but i'm not certain as i
can't really see the flowers that well...


songbird



Coxcomb/celosia, I think.


If they have a very good fragrance, then possibly peonies.


Nope, they aren't paeonies. I agree that it's coxcomb - that flattened
wide top to the stem is the clue IMO.