Penny, check out the website below and bookmark this little jewel...if you know the name of the plant, you can look up pix of the seedlings\seeds plus a little dab of info. It's a great website for ID'ing unknowns. :-) Only thing I dislike about it...the alpha index is at the bottom of each page...kinda bassackwards. lol! Another good website is WinterSown.org. Again, you have to know the name of the plant. [url]http://www.wintersown.org/wseo1/Seedling_Photo_Gallery.html[/url] WW, are there different varieties of Balloon Flower? I have a pretty little blue one and it grows in clumps and the foliage isn't the distinct 3-leaf whorl as shown in Penny's picture. I can't add an image...camera is on the fritz. Rosie Here is a link that might be useful: The Seedsite

No, the seeds are of another plant. My plant is probably Echium Glomeratum

To me it does not look stressed. This is what they do in winter when brought indoors. ==>> i looked at all the cut branch ends.. and presumed .. that frost damaged ends were cut off... if so.. half the canopy may have been removed.. and that would be one of my definitions of stress ... if those are all old cuts... then my presumption was wrong ... as sunlight goes in decline .. in the north hemisphere ... i do NOT fert plants that are going into slow motion ...; after xmas.. [is that an equinox???... cant recall the term] ...... when the days start getting longer.. perhaps into late january.. that is when a weak dose of fert is given ... in my house anyway .... [though i am going to fert my xmas cactus .. because they are just coming into bloom .. ] and i hope those bowls on food on the floor are for the dog or cat.. and not the plant.. lol .. i also would suggest.. any moving of a plant.. from say outdoor light.. to the darkness of a house.. is stress also ... but i will defer to rhiz.. on how it looks.. because i have never seen one of these in my life ... too many peeps.. think plants rules are entirely specific to a given plant.. they really arent... i am sure you could find a couple billion articles on bringing plants indoors in fall .. and glean all kinds of useful info about such .... and learn way more general info .. that would be very handy .. good luck ken

"Grandmother's Hat" is susceptible to blackspot in my California wine country garden where blackspot is rare. I'd say it's a susceptible variety. Now...since you are spraying Eagle, you need to check the label for the active ingredient. Then you need to see if what rose leaf spot disorders that ingredient is labeled for. I'm always surprised how highly target some fungicides are. They may be great against blackspot and do absolutely nothing for rust. By process of elimination, you might be able to narrow down your leaf spot to one or two suspects. Then there's always the ever-elusive cercospora - - poorly documented for gardeners and poorly labeled as a targeted pathogen.