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Flower ID?
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 |
Flower ID?
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 |
Flower ID?
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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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On 2015-09-26 20:42:02 +0000, DirtBag said:
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 Dianthus. |
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On 2015-09-27 01:23:16 +0000, Amos Nomore said:
On 2015-09-26 20:42:02 +0000, DirtBag said: 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 Dianthus. Retracted. Celosia looks right. |
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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 |
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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. |
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On 27/09/2015 11:23 AM, Amos Nomore wrote:
On 2015-09-26 20:42:02 +0000, DirtBag said: 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 Dianthus. Nope. Nothing like Dianthus. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 Remove no.spam for email |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 Remove no.spam for email |
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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? |
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On 2015-09-30 00:29:57 +0000, Amos Nomore said:
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? Oops, disregard - I found the info on your (cool) website. |
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