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gardener2005 Baton Rouge area, LA(Zone 8b) Apr 12, 2007

Here are some wild flowers. I wondered if they were bindweed or related to morning glories. The leaves look different from bindweed I have seen and they are not vines but growing in shrubby patches.

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gardener2005 Baton Rouge area, LA(Zone 8b) Apr 12, 2007

The group picture.

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gardener2005 Baton Rouge area, LA(Zone 8b) Apr 12, 2007

One that got pulled for close up of flower,leaves and stem.

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Gourd Mesilla Park, NM Apr 12, 2007

I think those are primroses, oenothera, dont' know which one.. will check for you.
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It might be oenothera speciosa, I've seen them here around the freeway intersections and had some in CA, they spread fast with lots of water..

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ByndeweedBeth scio, oregon, OR(Zone 8a) Apr 12, 2007

They are not a bindweed. They could be a mallow but I'm not sure.

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gardener2005 Baton Rouge area, LA(Zone 8b) Apr 12, 2007

oops...not a morning glory.

Thanks. You got me on the right track. It is Showy Evening Primrose (Oenothera speciosa)

This one is a meadow flower commonly growing where I saw it...the side of the road and it does spread but it is good for rock gardens and bare spots where people have a problem getting anything at all to grow.

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Gourd Mesilla Park, NM Apr 12, 2007

They also do great in those long window containers.. they were sold in one gallon pots at Lowes in CA. I really like them too.

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gardener2005 Baton Rouge area, LA(Zone 8b) Apr 13, 2007

They were still blooming today. They are very pretty.

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Gourd Mesilla Park, NM Apr 13, 2007

Yeah, this guys are like a Timex, take a licking and keep on ticking..

lol.

A.

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fchilders Clatskanie, OR(Zone 9b) Apr 14, 2007

ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL IMAGES, I just wish they could grow in my ditch too.
The only thing that can grow in my ditch is something that can swim at 60 miles an hour. Save seeds.....................Frank

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gardener2005 Baton Rouge area, LA(Zone 8b) Apr 14, 2007

Ok. I`ll keep an eye on them.

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farizona Bowie, AZ(Zone 8B) Apr 16, 2007

Gardener2005, your pic looks like a Mexican Evening Primrose. Do you think so? See the link below.
http://images.google.com/images?q=Mexican evening primrose

Sorry, something happened to that link, certainly isn't the one I saw.
The next time around it worked. Go figure. I copied and pasted and it worked.
Seems the whole address needs to go in. Afterthe .com put /images?q=Mexican eveningprimrose.
edited to correct problem

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gardener2005 Baton Rouge area, LA(Zone 8b) Apr 17, 2007

It is (Oenothera speciosa) and Mexican evening primrose could be another name for it.

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AuntAnne College Station, TX(Zone 8b) Apr 18, 2007

These evening primrose, (i think) grow wild here in Texas. They are all over the place in the spring of the year. I saw some for sale at a nursery the other day and had to laugh. They're free for the digging for miles around and these people were selling them. lol

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