Re: game for the day....

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna" <justme@prairieinet.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 2:06 PM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] game for the day....


> LOL!- I don't care how quick anyone guesses.... as long as we get them
> named, besides Zem gave it the first try! :)
>
> The minute I read Chris post I knew the first one was right...
> remembered the name when I saw it...
>
> The monarda is lighter than the American wild bergamot, but probably is
> the same one... just growing conditions may be throwing me.
>
> Lavatera- definitely a seeder. Problem is I never had one here and
> neighbors don't do plants... so a bird or critter must have brought it.
> Zone 8 eh? Hum.... was thinking of trying to move it, but doesn't sound
> like it would make it over the winter.
>
> Centaurea- most of these I am familiar with have a... what I call--
> pineapple shaped stem where the flower comes from-- This one does NOT.
>
> Sweet pea- it is not a re-seeder. It is the same plant roots returning
> each year. I have attempted to allow it to trail up but not really in a
> place to do that... so I used a pole, therefore the roots are in the
> same place for the last three years. Definitely not in a sheltered area
> either.. so it would have to be hardy here.
>
> I really think the Rudbeckia is a cross of last years crops... I had the
> blanket flower and Indian Summer, both of which didn't come back...
> along with native coreopsis and purple sneeze weed, that did come
> back....  Wish I was a better photographer cause it has one root system,
> yet very different flowers when you look closely. Nothing was planted
> remotely close to this last year, so .....
>
> What do you win Chris.... well... a big Thanks!... need any divisions or
> seeds from any? How about a tour of my yard? (Boy wouldn't that be nice,
> I could get everything marked in an hour :) )..still thinking....what
> would you like to win?
>
> Donna
>
> >
> > Chris - this is the game of the DAY, not the first half hour of the
> day!
> > ;+)
> >
> > I'm going to agree and disagree on some, though much is a guess:
> >
> > 1. Lotus corniculatus, Bird's Fott Trefoil
> > 2. Impatiens walleriana 'Ole Peppermint'
> > 3. Does look like Monarda fistulosa, a prairie flower, American Wild
> > Bergamot
> > 4. Could be Lavatera thuringiaca, but that's zone 8 - is it a
> reseedling?
> > Otherwise, still checking on other mallows.
> > 5.  Centaurea scabiosa
> > 6. Could be Sedum spurium
> > 7. Tatarian Statice, Goniolimon tatarica
> > 8.  Could be a self sowing sweet pea, the vining Lathyrus odoratus (A)
> or
> > L.
> > latifolius (P-but usually to Z6).  But I think it is probably another
> > Legume, will have to work on it.    BTW, Lathyrus vernus, Spring
> Vetchling
> > (P) is hardy for you.
> > 9. Definitely a Rudbeckia, a hirta variety, not fulgida.
> >
> > Kitty
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Christopher P. Lindsey" <lindsey@mallorn.com>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 9:30 AM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] game for the day....
> >
> >
> > > > So, if anyone is bored today or in the next few days, head over
> to:
> > > >
> > > > http://simplymyworld.com/namethatplant.htm
> > > >
> > > > and see if anything looks familiar to you! There are actually
> three
> > > > pages linked together for those on a dial up...
> > >
> > > First one: Lotus corniculata
> > > Monarda: Monarda fistulosa
> > > Mallow: Lavatera (possibly thuringiaca?)
> > > Purplish thing: Centaurea?
> > > Sedum: Sedum spurium?
> > > Whitish spiky thing: Limonium latifolium (Statice)?
> > > Sweet pea: Lathyrus latifolius (perennial sweet pea, maybe 'Red
> Shades'
> > or
> > >            'Pink Pearl')
> > > Orange thing: Rudbeckia?  (maybe 'Indian Summer')?
> > >
> > > Those are my guesses.  What do I win?  ;)
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > >
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