RE: What is this flower?

Hmmm, good point, didn't even occur to me. I wonder if I should remove them.
Although there have got to be plenty of other toxic plants about, oleander
for instance is very common. Of course it's not growing at our rental house.

Sigh. 

Cyndi



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of james singer
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 8:30 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] What is this flower?

You might want to let your renters know it's deadly poison.

On Oct 26, 2005, at 11:01 AM, Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSR wrote:

> I think that's it! Thanks. I have not seen it growing around here at  
> all, so
> I will try and remember to take some cuttings. The flowers are pretty
> attractive and it's been blooming most of the summer.
>
> Cyndi
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On  
> Behalf
> Of Theresa
> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 7:32 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] What is this flower?
>
> Try this-  Purple/Blue Potato Bush or Paraguey Nightshade (aka
> Lycianthes rantonettii although I also found it referred to as Solanum
> *rantonnetii*)
>
> see weblink:  http://www.horticopia.com/hortpix/html/pc3469.htm
>
> Pretty sure this is your plant.  Hardy zones 8-10.
>
> Theresa
> (Sacramento- where there are LOTS of these around)
>
>
>
>
>
> Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSR wrote:
>
>> I thought of that, but none of the pictures I can find really shows  
>> leaves
>> like this plant. And I don't see the bright yellow stamens (?)  
>> either. I
>> don't think Tibouchina would overwinter in this zone either, but then  
>> I
>> don't know when they were planted. Still, it's the closest I could  
>> come
> when
>> looking through my books.
>> I might take some cuttings just for fun.
>>
>> Cyndi
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf
>> Of Barbara Tandy
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 9:07 AM
>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] What is this flower?
>>
>> Tibouchina sp. ("Princess flower")???
>> --Barb, Grass Valley
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSR" <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 8:28 AM
>> Subject: [CHAT] What is this flower?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Does anyone recognize this? This shrub is growing at a house we  
>>> bought and
>>> are fixing up to rent. Seems familiar but I can't find any pictures  
>>> of it
>>> in
>>> any of my books. It's about 4 - 5 feet tall, with long branches  
>>> growing
>>> pretty much straight up, and not bushy at all; there are three of  
>>> them
>>> right
>>> against the house in a narrow space about 8 feet long and only a foot
>>> wide.
>>> They don't branch out a lot. The leaves are fuzzy and soft. The white
>>> blotches on the flowers in the picture are damage, not normal color.  
>>>  I'm
>>> wondering if this is something the previous owners stuck in during  
>>> spring,
>>> and it will die over winter, or if it's perennial.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/gardencatalogs/album?.dir=/ 
>> 2023&.src=ph&.tok=
> p
>>
>>
>>> hsNP1DBLagASqtF
>>>
>>> Cyndi
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Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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