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Re: Unidentified plant

My fine gardening happened to be sitting right next to my computer while I
was reading your post! I'm not positive, but that plant in the background
MAY be purple loosestrife, which loves wet conditions (its very thick next
to the pond on the magazine cover) The reason I'm not sure about this is
because the plant is pretty much banned in our area (pac. nw) because many
varieties can be extremely invasive and totally overtake natural wetlands.
If, instead what you have IS obedient plant you can tell if you move the
individial petals of the flowers around the stem, and they stay in that
place.. therefore the common name. (this plant too can also be invasive --
I'm going to have to go digging up most of mine soon.)

Evonne 


At 09:01 AM 9/11/97 -0400, you wrote:
>
>This past spring, my stepfather gave me a division of a plant from his
>garden.  It has grown to over 5 feet and very bushy.  I put it in a tomato
>cage because everytime it rains, it completely flops over.  It flowered in
>late summer and is about to finish.  The bright pink flowers develop as
>spikes along the end of the stem.  The flowereing part seems to twist and
>corkscrew.  Does anyone know what this might be?
>
>Here's a helpful clue:  yesterday, while at the grocery store, I think I
>saw it on the cover of the latest Taunton's Fine Gardening magazine.  It's
>the pink one in the background.
>
>Thanks for any help.
>Liane
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