Please help ID these two standouts from a wildflower seed mix

elixir75

10 years ago

I really want to grow both of these again.

The red one is a climbing vine if that helps.

Any help is much appreciated.

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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
10 years ago
I really want to grow both of these again.

==>>>hmmm.... just harvest the seed ????

i dont know the IDs.. but if they came in a wildflower mix.. they must come true form seed... so why would you need the name to go buy the seed ... follow me???

ken
donna_in_sask
10 years ago
The first one is a sweet pea.
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mytime
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It's always a bad idea for me to post before finishing my first cup of coffee in the am, but I'll go for clarkia for the pink one...C. elegans, perhaps?
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remy_gw
10 years ago
Ken,
If I like a plant even if growing it and can save seeds from it, I want to know what it is. When plants do well for me, l want to look for more of it in other colors or relatives of it The Lathrus odoratus (Sweet Pea) for example comes in lots of other colors. If I don't know it is a Sweet Pea, how can I possible acquire more varieties?
Remy
mytime
10 years ago
Another reason to know the identity of your plants: you don't want to start collecting seed and sowing same seed of a plant that will likely become a villain in your garden.
missingtheobvious
10 years ago
It's also nice to know if the seeds will grow true or not.
flora_uk
10 years ago
Sweet Pea, Lathyrus odoratus, is the vine.
Bottom two double pink flowers are Clarkia elegans, not Verbena bonariensis.

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