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Can I can any ID on these Wildflowers?

16 years ago

Hi, I'm Susan and I live in zone 6 MA)I had my perrenial garden stolen a few years ago and have not had the money to even start replacing it. The only things I saved from the thief are Sedum Autmn Joy (really easy to propagte) one orange lilly, a little bit of ribbon grass and a little bit of Dragons blood sedum. So I am in need of some plants and was hoping to get some wild ones.

They are in a little field and wooded area up the street.My Dh walks the dog 2-3 times a day and lets me know when he see's something different that has blossomed.

There is an orange lilly that I see scattered, "reseeded" all over town as well as in the field.Anyone know the name and how I could transplant a few to my yard? Are they bulbs?

Is this queen ann's lace? Again, can I transplant? When? or how to grow by seed?

This purple flower also comes in yellow but those are smaller. I am pretty sure they are a wild form of a plant that people up here grow as annuals, I just can't remember the name. I know it is common, but I have never grown them in my gardens..so

There is also a plant that is not a vine, stands straight up unless messed with that has little purple flowers in the day and they close up or die in the afternoon. I don't have a pic. Could it be some sort of morning glory?

One more question, the field also seams to have what I have come to know as Jerusalem Sunflower or Jerusalem Artichoke. It looks like tall with small sunflowers.

I use to have some and for some reason I think I remember they are tubars (sp) and did flower only in late summer.I did a search of this whole website and could not come up with one link to either of the above names.

Any help on these would be grealty appreciated,

Thanks, Susan

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ctnchpr
16 years ago
#1 looks like the common "tawny" daylily.
I believe #2 is indeed "queen anne's lace" which is in
the same family as a carrot.
#3 looks like some sort of legume, perhaps a "sweetpea".
ladyslppr
16 years ago
The orange lily is an Asiatic Daylily. They are common in gardens and have escaped all over the northeast US. They don't spread by seed. Instead you could just dig up a few plants making sure to get the root which is a tuber.

The second plant looks like Queen Anne's Lace. The flowers will turn brown at which point you can cut the flower head and shake out lots of seeds. This is easy to grow, and in fact is probably srouting in your garden already. THe first year the plants grow a bit like a dandelion but with very lacy leaves. They flower in their second year of growth.

The third is in the pea and bean (legume) family. I am not sure what species it is. The smaller yellow ones were probably Birdsfoot trefoil, which is an agricultural crop similar to alfalfa or clover that commonly escapes to grow wild.

The vine sounds like a Morning Glory. There are many wild species.

Jerusalem Artichoke is a wild sunflower and could be the plant you see. Ther are other similar species of wild sunflower too. I think all are great garden plants. They will spread so give them some room, but they are easy to grow and flower from July thru September.

If you are searching for info on a plant, try a search enginer like Google. Go to Google.com and enter the name of the plant. You'll get thousands of pages for almost any plant as long as it is spelled correctly.
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Judy_B_ON
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It is, of course, illegal to dig plants from ground you do not own. Even weeds like Queen Anne's Lace, even from what appears to be an abandoned field. The plants you have mentioned, except Jerusalem Artichoke are all garden escapes, not native wild plants.

Suggest you try trading seeds or cuttings from what you have in your garden with the folks on the perennial forums to get your garden going again. Or ask your neighbour's for cuttings from their plants.
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