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Tomatovillian™
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Can anyone tell me what this perennial plant is, it come with either a white, pink or red/white flower
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[QUOTE=Medbury Gardens;593550]Can anyone tell me what this perennial plant is, it come with either a white, pink or red/white flower
![]() &&&&& Richard,I've looked and looked at that picture and not knowing the wild flora of NZ, all I can come up with is are primroses,with those colors, but often with ones I know there are usually some yellows as well. See if you can find them here, all from NZ,since they talk about both wild and not wild primroses. https://www.google.com/search?q=prim..._AUIBygA&dpr=1 Best I can do for now, ![]() Carolyn, whose brother,the obsessed trout person,who crafts bamboo rods, flew to NZ and visited both the big island and small one,I think that's what they were called. ![]()
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Richard, I too have been puzzling over that photo. The leaves look very familiar, almost comfrey-like. I hope you will post another picture when it is in bloom so we can solve the mystery.
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I think its a little early in the season yet, once it flowers i'll update this thread, it was someone else on a Facebook group that asked what it was, her photo was not very good so i took a photo of a clump of mine. I know its not native to NZ and so far no one in the FB group has given her an answer yet. You will know it once you see the flower/seed head, the seed head is like a poppy head, tip it up and the seed falls out
carolyn137 how long was your brother here for
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The first thing I thought of was red valerian (Centranthus ruber), which comes in those colors and has a clump like that, but on closer inspection, centranthus leaves are much smoother both on the surface and edges. And the seed head is nothing like a poppy. Hmm...
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Robert and habitat, I planted a Red Valerian this afternoon. The specimen I have has a much thinner toothed leaf. Of course the few leaves were tiny as it was a seedling in a 4 inch pot, but I don't think it will mature to look like this. My plant was purchased at the Nebraska Statewide Arboritum (NSA) plant sale. They have a photo and comments on their website. I'll go check my phone and see if I took a decent enough photo to post.
- Lisa As much as I love my iPhone, sometimes take a picture and later find out there isn't a single image ![]() Last edited by greenthumbomaha; September 26, 2016 at 10:08 PM. |
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Something in the Campanula family, a bellflower I believe. Which one I cannot say but I will most likely be able to ID it once it is blooming. Seed heads of all campanula species are filled with teeny seeds you can shake out like a salt/ pepper shaker.
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Join Date: Jul 2013
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I wonder about Red Campion?
BTW if anyone has seeds for Centranthus Ruber, I'd love to do a swap. I know it's a pest in some areas, but hopefully not here. Linda |
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The leaves look vaguely like Dame's Rocket, Hesperis. You might google images of that and see if it fits your flowers.
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From head-on, the flowers suggest some type of Silene, perhaps S. pendula or dioica or something along those lines (just from searching images). Very pretty!
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Yes Silene latifolia it is, thanks bitterwort.
Ive got white, red and the pink in the photo
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Silene /Campion is considered invasive in North America. Maybe it's not in NZ, but you might want to watch it just in case.....
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Yes i could see how it could become invasive, if i have any bare soil areas i'm sure to have young silene plants show up, but apart form that in 20 years it never really become a problem. I'm thinking of sowing more of it in a young Rhododendrons garden, i think the two together would look great.
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