MarcAnt wrote in
:

Julie schreef:
This is a rather distinctive-looking plant, but I haven't been
able to come up with the proper search terms to dig up a name via
Google, and none of my gardener friends have recognized it. This
is growing in my yard in NW Michigan. Anyone know what it is?

http://www.pbase.com/qjul73/image/49875990 (full plant)
http://www.pbase.com/qjul73/image/49875989 (close-up of flowers)

The leaves are red-veined on the underside. The very top of the
central long "finger" is about 3 feet high.


Thanks,
Julie


I'm not sure, but can it be an Amaranthus caudatus 'Fat Spike'
(see http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/9360/ )?

Marc

I think you and Stewart nailed, it Marc. That sure looks like my
oddball plant. I guess I miscategorized it when I called it a shrub.

Thank you!
Julie