Identify these ephemerals
edlincoln
7 years ago
Massachusetts. Probably survivors from things I planted a couple years ago and thought had died. They are in a sunny bed where I've tried a lot of things before I got anything to take...being hidden and crowded by the prairie plants that ultimately succeeded.
What are they, and can I move them now?
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wisconsitom
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Can someone identify this woodland plant?
Comments (4)Sorry, this should be the link to see the picture. http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii303/cmhorses/woodyplant.jpg Still new to the whole image thing :)...See MoreHelp me identify these plants please!
Comments (6)The first plant is considered a weed? Really? It looks so, so pretty next to my vinca minor. The vinca minor is separated by a little rock path, but the blue flowers next to the yellow is really so cheerful and pretty. Purpledaisy, you must have been posting simultaneously to me yesterday :) Gardengal: maybe Georgia Blue isn't really that pricey. All the websites I visited suggested a price of around $100 for a pack of 24 plants. Maybe that's the going rate, but it sounds pricey to me at least. As a newbie gardener though, I still haven't gotten a grasp of the cost of plants. Kim...See MoreDang!!!! I just took an inventory of all my stored seeds!
Comments (11)Fantastic list of seeds! I think it is just great that you have focused your life on nature at such a young age. I too would love to have 10 (maybe 5) acres someday to plant a wonderland of natives plants, and am already doing that on 1.25 acres. Difference is, my interest didn't come into sharp focus until age 45. :) There are quite a few seeds on this list I am interested in, and I checked your want list and I have a few on that list. Maybe we can do a trade this fall? Just a note - on your want list is Cynanchum louiseae - this is an extremely invasive non-native vine that is becoming a serious problem in the Northeast US. And it has the additional problem that Monarch butterflies will "sense" it is in the Milkweed family, lay eggs on it, and then it will kill the caterpillars because it is toxic to Monarch larvae....See MoreHelp identify
Comments (13)The ID is spot on, but the flowers are really so pale yellow that they show as white. Also, the yellow elongated things are spent blooms, the pic attached shows what unopened blooms look like just before they open. Flower buds are very plump, and the berries (mine make only a few per stem) are purple. It grows by sending out long cylindrical shoots that end in the flat stems with serrated edges, as well as sending other flattened stems from the "sticks" (seen at right). The one at home (I am away) hangs about 4ft and blooms spring through fall. Frankly, the ephemeral flowers are underwhelming, but the purple berries add color. The taste is so bland that they could be said to have no taste at all, like the berries on Rhipsalis horrida....See Moreedlincoln
7 years ago
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