Plant ID help

I winter sowed Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida and only one seedling came up in the jug. I planted it out and it looks like there are finally some blooms forming (maybe). Here is the problem. I scattered all my left over seeds into the bed in the spring and there are two plants (one blooming) that look more like the prairie verbena. I am including pics of both and hope someone can tell me if either is Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida.
C

plant from winter sowing, no flowers yet

Blooming plant. Flowers are lovely but the leaves don't look right. I have another one that is still small with no blooms. Forgive the shadows, its too hot to go back out and reshoot.

Cheryl, I think your first picture is Standing Cypress, Ipomopsis rubra;
http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/bio406d/images/pics/plm/ipomopsis_rubra.htm

The second one looks right to me for Glandularia bipinatifida.
http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/bio406d/images/pics/vrb/glandularia_bipinnatifida.htm

Josephine.

Oh wow, didn't even know I had that. I don't know anything about those plants. I will have to baby the 2 verbena even though they seem pretty easy so far. Thanks for the ID help.
C

Since I planted the seed in the fall, I shouldn't expect a bloom this year if standing cypress is a biennial? They really do look like blooms forming. Is this plant hard to grow?
C

Not for some people, but I have never had success with it no matter how hard I tried.
It does look like it is getting ready to shoot up, they can get pretty tall.
Josephine.

Thanks for the ID Josephine, I have read about that plant but haven't seen one. I would never have figured out thats what it is. I hope I get to see it bloom. It is near the front of the bed, gets full sun and has been watered well this year. Maybe I will get some seed for winter sowing from it. Also, that bed is mostly compost so the dirt is rich.
C

Cheryl....my one that bloomed this year was over 8 foot tall. It started out in May 2010 at 2 inches. It stayed green all winter then shot up come spring. Don't cut them back this fall, they will thrive and bloom next year.

I think it will bloom this year. It is shooting up. Is yours acting like a perennial or biennial?

I guess it is acting more of a biennial since it takes over a year to set bloom. However normally the plant info says it doesn't get that tall. But...... I bet you got those seeds from me, so watch out.

No, it came from winter sowing. It was from a bought bunch of prairie verbena seeds. They didn't germinate over winter but this one plant did. Go figure?

If it was acting as a biennial it would die after it bloomed.

It does die after blooming. I shared those with the native seed swap this year...I guess that is what I thought you meant. Good luck with yours, i love mine.

Yours really is tall! So do you sow seeds each fall?

No, actually since it is native and suppose to be wild, I have just dropped them when the seed head dies. I saved a lot and shared last plant I had, I haven't cut them off of this one yet, but need to. It is a crispy critter right now. Here is the seed from the other one.