Actually, i think it's a plain ol' batchelor button, centaurea dealbata. Some of them look like that. Mountain bluets are much bigger across- like 2-3" and they are hard to grow in this area- goodness knows i've tried repeatedly. If you let the batch buttons/cornflowers reseed a few generations they end up looking like this rather than the very double poms that you start with from cultivated seed. Mountain bluets also have this very distinct black edge to their scaling on the buds before they open up. The leaves are much broader and longer than the regular cornflower's, too. It's kind of like cornflower on steroids, but much more stretched out and elegant, and the centers are more pink. They do look very similar but take a look at this link, and see if the plant itself look like yours. You can see the black edge in that first shot of the flower. I'll look and see if i can find any shots of my gone wild cornflowers to compare. The ones at mordecai used to look just like yours, with the narrow foliage and small flowers, and were an annual, not perennial. Here is a link that might be useful: cent. montana

Hi! I have quite a few named daylilies and your perennials sound exactly what I'm looking for. I also have lots of shade plants, many natives and rare. I'll attach my list here; have a look and let's see if we can trade. I also have madonna lilies, chinese trumpet species, etc. If you don't see it, just ask. Happy Spring! Lily Seeds I have to trade: Canna edulis Canna, others Roses, too many to list here Other seeds - hundreds; too many to list, just ask Seeds I am looking for: Coffea sp. Dahlias Plants I have to trade: Very large variety of Cacti & other Succulents Jack-in-the-Pulpit, native variety Dutchmen's Breeches, pink and white flowered Maidenhair Fern Male Fern mosses Trout lily: white with pale pink flowers and heavily purple mottled foliage Solomon's Seal Variagated Solomon's Seal Sedum tel. "Black Jack" very black foliage Sedum "Angelina" Agave pups, 3-4 types More cacti & other succulents than I know what to do with! Hatiora & Rhipsalis' Peonies; too many to list Mayapples Purple Sessile Trillium Purle foliaged clover, hardy to zone 5 ****Terrestrial Orchid, Aplectrum hyemale. Very rare. Native. Easy to care for. Will only trade a few to maintain the balance in my woodland habitat. and only for a really special trade. Gooseneck Loosestrife Heirloom Daffodil, 1620, N. telemonius plenus. naturalizes well and each bulb mutates at will. All are very double; some are all yellow, some look like peonies on a bad hair day with white, green and yellow petals. Heirloom Daffodil N. actaea. Orig. "Poets' Daffodil. Bluebells, Virginia - Mertensis virginica gentain blue native fragrant woodland phlox. 18 in. tall. Bamboo, Yellow-groove Native red & yellow columbine groundnut - Apios americana - few trades Cinnamon Vine - few trades - Dioscorea batatas Variety german bearded Iris Lime Balm - yes LIME Catnip Daylilies: species H. fulva Autumn Red Catherine Woodbury Coryton Pink Fairy Tale Pink Joan Senior Ruffled Apricot Honey Redhead Currant Red Bells of Gold Peach Blow Pink charm Big Kiss Miss Jessie Open Hearth Strawberry Candy Regency Summer Bamboo Blackie My Ruffled Jewel Emma's Pastel Ruffles Lady Neva Orchid Corsage Memphis Knight Elfin Illusion Hostas: Spilt Milk Sun Power Aphrodite Sum & Substance Blue Angel So Sweet Patriot many more... Lg. variety ornamental grasses Cannas: Cleopatra, Black Knight, Journey's End, Bengal Tiger, few trades of each Saffron Crocus-limited number French Shallot bulblets Plume Poppy - Macleaya cordata Lemon balm Surprize Lily - Lycoris sqamigera Giant Butterbur - Petasites japonica var. 'Gigantia' Garlic Mustard aka Jack by the Hedge - Alliaria sp. Several types of Cryptanthus Hoya, Mexican rope Osmanthus longistylus - rarer native form of Sweet Cicely. tastes the same; easier to care for. Looks similar. Angelica atropurpurea Seneca Black Snakeroot Roses: Here's the list of roses available & the list of ones I can offer cuttings from: Species: R.x hibernica - Wild Irish Rose R. woodsii R. rugosa typica R. rugosa alba R. davidii R. pomifera (alpine rose) R. foliolosa R. harrisonii R. nitida Others: Ballerina Sir Thomas Lipton Rosarie L'Häye Hansa Therese Bugnet Cuttings: Old Blush Narrow Water Scot's Briar - R. spinosissima Stanwell Perpetual The Gift Zepherine Druhin Veilchenblau R. xanthina Blanc Double de Coubert R. alba semi-plena - White Rose of York R. damscena officinalis - Apothecary or Red Rose of Lancaster Kazanlik R. moschata Commandante Beaurepaire Don Juan R. mulliganii Moonlight R. acicularis Betty Prior Dorothy Perkins R. pendulina R. eglanteria - apple-scented foliaged Eglantine rose of Shakespeare Carefree Delight R. glauca Many more; too many to list; just ask! I also have over 300 plants from which I can trade cuttings, such as: Arctic Kiwi male & female, Viburnum opulus var. rosea, Red twig dogwood, 15 or so different varieties of Elderberry and the same number varieties of willows; etc. Plants I am looking for: Sedum roseum aka Rhodiola rosa - will make a trade for this very worth your time!!! Thalia sp, fragrant Amer. Water Lily Clubmoss Trillium grandiflorum Azolla Bananas; any variety Kaffir Lime Fairy Moss; floating Water lettuce other trilliums Dahlias: purples, cactus forms, tempt me. Cattail Agapanthus, any blue variety Bald Cypress seedlings water lilies, minis - hardy Lotus, hardy Wild blueberries Wild strawberries Wintergreen Wild ginger, European - Asarum europeum Grecian Foxglove - Digitalis lanata water hyacinth BULBS! Tempt me! Crinums Hardy water plants: scouring rush, water fern (floating), Pickerel weed Bog Plants Woodland plants Canna 'Stuttgart' Canna 'Australia' Lavenders- ANY! but, stoechas, any others Rosemary - any form; upright or prostrate Lady's Slipper Orchids Thymes Species roses, such as: Rosa carolina, R. palustris, R. arkansana, R. californica, R. primula, R. virginica, R. ecae, R. moyesii, R. canina Other roses: The Fairy, Little White Pet, Lavander Pinocchio, Cafe Ole, Basye's Purple, miniatures, purples, multicolors for hobby hybridizing.

I'll put a new thread on later. Look for it in the morning. The seedlings are getting bigger. Still no germination on the G. cancellatus and Senna ditymobotrya. I read that the cancellatus seeds should be sown in straight perlite. It also said to use fresh seeds. The other 2 Gomphocarpus species germinated fine. I'll give them anorher week and then I'll start digging. You can get popcorn cassia at etsy for 9 bucks.

That's standing cypress for sure Skip. I have 5 plants that made it through winter, but their leaves are tinged brown, your plant looks nice and green. They don't like being transplanted. Your wife will love it when it blooms and has hummingbirds using it. Are those buttercups in your meadow? I think a lot of bog plants need darkness to germinate. All my bog pots in the garage have tons of germinating seedlings. Somehow they can sense that it's spring. They look like orchids or Xyris. It's supposed to snow tomorrow, but I hope to get all the bog pots outside again asap. I love bats. That's a great shot of them leaving their box Iris. I want to get a bat-house like yours. Should they be put on the north side of the house so the bats don't overheat? I might get a sicklepod vollunteer or 2, but they always freeze before their seeds ripen. I threw a bunch of seeds a couple years ago. I don't have any home pics but these pics by Adam Black were taken in the North Carolina foothills.