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Old 09-05-2011, 02:32 PM posted to rec.gardens
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Default Plant I.D.

I took my first trip to the New Jersey Botanical Gardens yesterday.
Beautiful place. I'll have to go back when more of the perennials and
annuals are blooming.

I was walking through the hosta garden and noticed a really cool
looking plant that had no ID tag. (I didn't have my camera so I
couldn't take a picture.) It had large roundish leaves with the flower
stalk growing from the leaf axil. The flower was purple with three
bracts, maybe 2" in diameter.

I tried Googling a bunch of descriptive terms but haven't found
anything resembling it.

Any ideas?

Thanks.