On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 18:31:36 -0400, songbird
wrote:

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.

On 9/26/2015 3:41 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 18:31:36 -0400, songbird
wrote:

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.

--
David E. Ross
Climate: California Mediterranean, see
http://www.rossde.com/garden/climate.html
Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary

On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 17:05:58 -0700, "David E. Ross"
wrote:

On 9/26/2015 3:41 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 18:31:36 -0400, songbird
wrote:

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...not even the leaves resemble peony.

On 9/26/2015 5:32 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 17:05:58 -0700, "David E. Ross"
wrote:

On 9/26/2015 3:41 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 18:31:36 -0400, songbird
wrote:

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...not even the leaves resemble peony.


I cannot grow peonies in my climate. The winters are too mild. The
last time I saw peonies growing and blooming was seven years ago in
Delaware and Pennsylvania. Thus, I could not remember how the leaves
look.

--
David E. Ross
Climate: California Mediterranean, see
http://www.rossde.com/garden/climate.html
Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary

On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 18:51:23 -0700, "David E. Ross"
wrote:



I cannot grow peonies in my climate. The winters are too mild. The
last time I saw peonies growing and blooming was seven years ago in
Delaware and Pennsylvania. Thus, I could not remember how the leaves
look.


Come visit in the spring and I will happily have you stroll through
mine.

On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 18:51:23 -0700
"David E. Ross" wrote:

snip
I cannot grow peonies in my climate. The winters are too mild. The
last time I saw peonies growing and blooming was seven years ago in
Delaware and Pennsylvania. Thus, I could not remember how the leaves
look.

I was looking for a photo to show my neighbor yesterday and came across
these:

http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/peony-1.jpeg
http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/peony-2.jpeg
http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/peony-3.jpeg
http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/peony-4.jpeg
http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/peony-5.jpeg
http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/peony-6.jpeg

Nothing special really but thought you might enjoy seeing them again

We've had these peonies ever since I can remember, probably ~50 years...

--
Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b
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On Tue, 29 Sep 2015 08:11:16 -0400, Leon Fisk
wrote:

On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 18:51:23 -0700
"David E. Ross" wrote:

snip
I cannot grow peonies in my climate. The winters are too mild. The
last time I saw peonies growing and blooming was seven years ago in
Delaware and Pennsylvania. Thus, I could not remember how the leaves
look.

I was looking for a photo to show my neighbor yesterday and came across
these:

http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/peony-1.jpeg
http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/peony-2.jpeg
http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/peony-3.jpeg
http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/peony-4.jpeg
http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/peony-5.jpeg
http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/peony-6.jpeg

Nothing special really but thought you might enjoy seeing them again

We've had these peonies ever since I can remember, probably ~50 years...

Nice photos. I like peonies and they grow very well here in the
Catskills, plus deer don't eat them, but I don't plant any as their
flowers don't last more than about a week before their weight tends to
collapse the entire plant unless very well supported... for most of
the growing season a peony bed is just a jumble of non descript green
shrubs that require a lot of weeding. My next door neighbor has over
100 peony plants in a large bed that was planted when the house was
first built, about 1890. He's always offering me some but I tell him
no thank you, I'd rather enjoy yours.

On 9/29/2015 5:11 AM, Leon Fisk wrote:
On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 18:51:23 -0700
"David E. Ross" wrote:

snip
I cannot grow peonies in my climate. The winters are too mild. The
last time I saw peonies growing and blooming was seven years ago in
Delaware and Pennsylvania. Thus, I could not remember how the leaves
look.

I was looking for a photo to show my neighbor yesterday and came across
these:

http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/peony-1.jpeg
http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/peony-2.jpeg
http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/peony-3.jpeg
http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/peony-4.jpeg
http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/peony-5.jpeg
http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/peony-6.jpeg

Nothing special really but thought you might enjoy seeing them again

We've had these peonies ever since I can remember, probably ~50 years...


I was told by a local nursery that, to grow peonies, I had to buy a
length of chicken wire or bird mesh about four feet wide and long enough
to make a cylinder about four feet in diameter. In early November, I
would have to slip this cylinder over the plant and keep it filled to
the top with ice cubes until sometime in March.

I can't grow Dutch tulips either, except as winter annuals. On the
other hand, I have a rosemary bush growing at the foot of my driveway
that is taller than I am and a dwarf lemon tree that produces more
lemons than anyone can use. When I prune my roses at the end of
December and the beginning of January, I often collect a bouquet of
roses for my wife. And I have never shoveled snow.

There are trade-offs for living in a mild-winter climate.

--
David E. Ross
Climate: California Mediterranean, see
http://www.rossde.com/garden/climate.html
Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary

On Tue, 29 Sep 2015 07:59:02 -0700
"David E. Ross" wrote:

snip
I was told by a local nursery that, to grow peonies, I had to buy a
length of chicken wire or bird mesh about four feet wide and long enough
to make a cylinder about four feet in diameter. In early November, I
would have to slip this cylinder over the plant and keep it filled to
the top with ice cubes until sometime in March.

Not a problem here Last winter I had snow shoveled 3-4 feet deep
over the area where those peonies are. This picture is from Feb 2014,
not quite as deep as earlier this year. The row of peonies are about 8
feet to the right of the driveway, along the right edge of the picture.
The tall stake (PVC pipe) sticking up would be in the middle of them. It
holds a rain gauge in warmer weather.

http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/winter2014-02.jpeg

I can't grow Dutch tulips either, except as winter annuals. On the
other hand, I have a rosemary bush growing at the foot of my driveway
that is taller than I am and a dwarf lemon tree that produces more
lemons than anyone can use. When I prune my roses at the end of
December and the beginning of January, I often collect a bouquet of
roses for my wife. And I have never shoveled snow.

You lucky dog! (shoveling snow), but good exercise. No problem with
tulips here either. The Holland Tulip festival is held maybe 35 miles
WSW from he

http://www.tuliptime.com/

There are trade-offs for living in a mild-winter climate.

Yea, you grow a lot bigger BUGS too!

--
Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b
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On 2015-09-29 14:59:02 +0000, David E. Ross said:

On 9/29/2015 5:11 AM, Leon Fisk wrote:
On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 18:51:23 -0700
"David E. Ross" wrote:

snip
I cannot grow peonies in my climate. The winters are too mild. The
last time I saw peonies growing and blooming was seven years ago in
Delaware and Pennsylvania. Thus, I could not remember how the leaves
look.

I was looking for a photo to show my neighbor yesterday and came across
these:

http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/peony-1.jpeg
http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/peony-2.jpeg
http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/peony-3.jpeg
http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/peony-4.jpeg
http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/peony-5.jpeg
http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/peony-6.jpeg

Nothing special really but thought you might enjoy seeing them again

We've had these peonies ever since I can remember, probably ~50 years...


I was told by a local nursery that, to grow peonies, I had to buy a
length of chicken wire or bird mesh about four feet wide and long enough
to make a cylinder about four feet in diameter. In early November, I
would have to slip this cylinder over the plant and keep it filled to
the top with ice cubes until sometime in March.

I can't grow Dutch tulips either, except as winter annuals. On the
other hand, I have a rosemary bush growing at the foot of my driveway
that is taller than I am and a dwarf lemon tree that produces more
lemons than anyone can use. When I prune my roses at the end of
December and the beginning of January, I often collect a bouquet of
roses for my wife. And I have never shoveled snow.

There are trade-offs for living in a mild-winter climate.

David, may I ask which USDA zone you inhabit?

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
wrote:

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.

On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 18:41:45 -0400, Boron Elgar
wrote:

On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 18:31:36 -0400, songbird
wrote:

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.

http://cdn2.johnnyseeds.com/images/p...large/1705.jpg

Boron Elgar said


Coxcomb/celosia, I think.


Thanks to you all! Clearly a Coxcomb (my picture was not so good.)

http://tinyurl.com/p7px4ko

What a nice flower.