I forgot what I planted here - what is this?

joy_division

14 years ago

I can't seem to remember what I put here in the fall. Looks like sedum, but it is not.

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jeanne
14 years ago
Lysimachia punctata?
joy_division
Original Author
14 years ago
The leaf in the photos I just searched do not look anything like this.
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I am so happy to find this post. I have almost the opposite problem - I live in the hot wet tropics, never cold. I purchased some Crocus (Saffron) corms (was very expensive here so trying to not make mistakes). I put them in my veggie drawer in the refrigerator (all fruits removed from fridge) at 3C/37F. I read that they must have a cold period of at least 15 weeks to have a proper healthy bloom. After being in the fridge less than 3 weeks, each are having a white sprout coming out the top, but no roots. So do: 1. Ignore and wait the 15 weeks (will they starve to death?) or 2. Plant now (they are going in a pot) being very careful not to break the tender shoots and water only once until green shoots emerge from the soil? Thank you so much for the help, Christa
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I forgot what I Planted HaHa
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def. looks like a cosmo
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I forgot what I planted!
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Flora UK-- Thanks for your post. I will look up the Fabaceae you mentioned. This other picture is what the little red-tinged seedling looks like grown. It does not shut at night, nor retract when touched. Stray seed does sound entirely possible since the pots have been out all winter and we've had lots of wind and rain. I keep remembering seeing these things when I weed the yard, but I can't remember what it might be. We have palm (not that)and eucalyptis (don't think that's it). This is a semi-arid island (Southern California). I looked up the Fabaceae family--nothing looks familiar. The small seedling has these red-edges of the leaves even when very small. Thanks again. I can always wait a few years and see what it is! Lora
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Forgot what I planted!
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sandyslopes, this bulb will not work well for you. It is South African in origin so not winter hardy in your area. Although you can plant it in containers and move them into protection for winter. And yes, the flowers do open fully but nod or hang down. And it does have a light frgrance as well but nothing like a hyacinth. I have not had experience with it naturalizing like many of the spring flowering bulbs do, so I'd plant in multiples. But well established clumps can be lifted and divided.
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Iris GW
14 years ago
Perhaps not it, but it looks a lot like my emerging Dittany, Cunila origanoides.
joy_division
Original Author
14 years ago
Really? The photos I searched for Cunila origanoides look like the photos for Lysimachia punctata; pear shaped and pointy. These leaves are round. Do they change shape when they mature?
brody
14 years ago
I think Jeanne is right, it's Lysimachia punctata. I have Lysimachia puntata 'Alexander' emerging in my garden right now and it looks exactly like that except for being variegated. The leaves change later on and become more pointy.

Also, you may not have planted it-- seed could have blown into your yard or it could have hitched a ride with some other plant.
Iris GW
14 years ago
Do they change shape when they mature?

Yes, they do.
flora_uk
14 years ago
Lysimachia was my first thought too.

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