Can you name these returning perennials?

ramazz

15 years ago

Well, they were smaller last year. And I don't remember them blooming. And the markers disappeared . . . Help, anyone?

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This one???

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And this is???

Becky

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ajpa
15 years ago
I think the top ones are tiger lilies?
Don't know what the bottom one is, but it looks like a weed I get?
jaynine
15 years ago
bottom one is some kind of primrose. are the top ones sweet william?
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tepelus
15 years ago
The top one looks like sweet william, the bottom looks like primrose.

Karen
teequiltbarbie
15 years ago
I was going to say what ajpa said, Lily and weed.
moonphase
15 years ago
I think sweet william and weed
moonphase
northforker
15 years ago
Voting for sweet william, I've had lots of patches that look just like that. Not as certain on the second one, but if I had to choose weed or flowering plant, I'd say weed.
ramazz
Original Author
15 years ago
Okay, I will label the first picture sweet william. I do have a yellow evening primrose in another spot and it bloomed profusely last year. If it is still there, I will see if it has a similar appearance to picture 2. I actually think that is something I planted - I certainly have lots of weeds, but none exactly like that one. I will give it a little more time. If it is a weed, I will know when it blooms.

Thanks everyone.

Becky
grandmachris
15 years ago
Several years ago I got 5 like your lower one, identified them as primroses, watched them grow into teasels!! A weed
but valuable for my fall, dried weed arrangemtents for the
Meeting House.

Chris
ramazz
Original Author
15 years ago
Yay, I have an identical plant where my evening primrose was last year. I guess the second one got crowded out (probably by rudbeckias or gaillardias) and never bloomed last year. I am going to label the picture 'evening primrose' and cross my fingers.

I am puzzled by the Sweet Williams, though, because I had a lot of sprouts last year and have only located 2 clusters. Oh, well, something to look forward to.

Becky
tiffy_z5_6_can
15 years ago
The first one is definitely Sweet Williams. No doubt.
velsgarden
15 years ago
The first one looks like easter lilys to me.
stlgirl
15 years ago
Hi ramazz,

I think the 1st pic is some sort of lily. Looks a lot like my oriental lilies. The parent bulbs are always making babies and the babies never bloom in their 1st year. Here in St. Louis my sweet william tends to stay somewhat evergreen throughout our winters. Were these plants showing some green all winter? If so it could be sweet william, if it is new growth I would lean more towards it being a lily.

I agree with the others that the second pic looks more like a weed.

-StLgirl

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