I planted this 2 years ago, but lost the tag! I seem to remember that there was a question about whether it would be hardy, but it does come back - and seems to seed, as it pops up in odd places-- the leaves are succulent, and the root a funny upright oblong tuber sort of thing...the flowers are new every day, and don't open until 4pm! anybody know what it is?? it loves the sunny gravel that it grows in, hardly any dirt.
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Gee, Sarah. That's pretty. It's got Calandrinia flowers and Ruschia foliage. I don't know what it could be. Maybe one of the Ruschias has that shape bloom, but the ones I know don't.
sarah--that IS really pretty. I will try to do some research on it if no one recognizes it. It would be a great one for everyone to have in their rockery. Thanks for posting. t.
Are those flowers coming up from what looks like ice plant?
hi bwb!!--well, the leaves are narrower than iceplant- it was something (since i did read the label once upon a time..) that i hadn't heard of. but what the heck was it???? s.
Sarah, have you posted this in the Identification Forum? Baa, Kennedy, Todd, Htop, Crystalspin, and other habitues of that forum usually can identify anything, and if they don't know what it is, they'll do research until they find it.
It has me stumped! I'd go along with Calandrinia but after a thorough search I could not find any that matched. As was suggested, post it on the ID forum.
hi folks- shall do when i get back to nh- visiting my parents in philly, pa right now!!
How about Talinum calycinum? http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&client=safari&rls=en-us&q=Talinum+calycinum&btnG=Search
By Jove, she's got it.
Baa, I knew you could identify it.
sarah - you're in my part of the world! (We're about 45min north of Phila)
Tam
Baa!!!!! yippeeee!!! thank you!!!! I will sleep better tonight! I will be happy to distribute some of my Talinum calycinum (!!) to interested rockgadeners...especially in the spring, when I will probably have more to share-
phew, Tam, thank goodness for that storm last night- have never felt such heat!- I thought about you and your garden..zipping back to nh to attend a wedding- wanted to go to chanticleer wednesday, but couldn't bare the heat! so another time- shucks.
Sarah - YES the heat finally broke! Yesterrday was only around 80F. Thank goodness.
And yes - there's a lot to see around here:Chanticleer, Winterthur & Longwood
Gardens are the big three. But there's lots more. Hopefully you'll get another
try later (and with more hospitible weather.)
Tam
