These are popping up in my flower beds and I have no idea what they are. It may have been seeds I threw out but don't remember. Any ideas? No flowers........yet.
Plant ID Please
i'm watching this thread. I have that, too. Me thinks it's a weed
I have those too, what are they? I'm hoping they are a rare and much sought after flower lol
I'll bet they are something priceless....every gardener's joy.
Have you grown cosmos around there before?
I have and some have reseeded but they don't have the same foliage as the ones that I grew in the past and the ones that have popped up from seed. That's what I thought at first....cosmos.
let one or two grow out...you might have a really nice older version (reverted back from seeds). might make an ok filler 'til other nearby plants get bigger later in the summer? just a thought..
That's kinda what I'm doing. Let them grow and see what they turn out to be. But they're everywhere! We shall soon see.
Vossner/Fly - what about ya'll? Any cosmos in the area?
I've always grown Cosmos but these do look different.....fernier, and they are very tall, about 3' and no flower yet.
Hmm...I just bought some cosmos...and the foliage looks a wee bit like that.....interesting.......
Melanie
I have attempted to grow cosmos, no luck. I'm w/ fly, your pic looks fernier. I don't want to grow it, Knolan, I'll let you do it. I'm already growing an unidentified thing that looks like some type of allium and that little project is going on 2 years. I'm ready for this mystery to be solved.
It could be Prairie Bishop, Bifora americana, a pretty little wildflower that is prevalent at this time of year.
Bur I can't find a good picture of it, sorry.
Josephine.
Josephine I don't think that's it, but I did find a ferny cosmos and leaves kinda look like what I have, cosmos bipinnatus.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/images/large_db_pics/large/cosmos_bipinnatus_sonata_series.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/228.shtml&h=210&w=210&sz=19&tbnid=fkh9xlhho6D7TM:&tbnh=106&tbnw=106&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcosmos%2Bbipinnatus%26um%3D1&start=3&sa=X&oi=images&ct=image&cd=3
It is most likely Cosmos, but the Prairie bishop looks a lot like it, it has white flowers.
I have that too! I was going to let it grow to see what it was, but after it reached about 2 feet tall and an inch in diameter, I decided I better pull it out before it got so big I'd have trouble removing it. I do have cosmos that have reseeded, but it doesn't look the same as those. Maybe a cosmos on steroids??? If anyone identifies it, I'd be interested in knowing what it is.
lol. I have never let it grow, didn't even realize it could get to 2 ft. Josephine, it would make more sense that we knolan, crowelli and I have prairie bishop, rather than the fancy cosmos bipinnatus, lol.
Here's a link to a site with a picture of Prairie Bishop.
http://www.noble.org/WebApps/PlantImageGallery/Plant.aspx?PlantID=184&PlantTypeID=1
Very well could be that. It's pretty, that's for sure. I'm just going to let it grow and see what happens. I like surprises.
They look like the larkspur that I got from the Wild Seed Farm in Fredricksburg. They produce stalks of flowers similar to the delphinium. Mine are blooming with pink, lavendar, blue and purple flowers. I tossed them out onto the vacant lot next door, and they are coming up everywhere. They make wonderful, long-lasting cut flowers that continue to open after being cut. I have several vases full of them right now, and they make a great display alone, or combined with other flowers and foliage.
Here is a picture of a purple one and a pink one that are now blooming.
Here is a picture of a nice sized clump of them coming up together.
wow that does look A LOT like what I've pulled out
I think I sprinkled larkspur seeds some time ago and nothing ever happend. Hmmmmm.....that would be a cool twist!
Sure hope that is what you have. You will be extremely happy with them. If you cut them when the first few flowers open, they will continue to bloom for days and days! They have nice strong stems too, so they are perfect for arrangements.
wow...I do believe that they are indeed larkspurs. My Mom has them growing wild in her garden each year. Very pretty... :)
Melanie
I am now begining the 4th yr on my little 2 acres.
Deer have been such eating machines that I have decide to cash in my stock in Krispy Kremes & SW Airlines & invest in some chicken wire company.
Everything I grow, the deer want to eat! I mean fr Ducher roses to plumarias to Mexican Tuberoses to Evergreen Wisteria to Banana Magnolias!!! This city girl doesn't know how to act!!!
I'm making 4' x 8' raised beds everywhere with CHICKEN WIRE around them to protect them for these BAD teenage deer!!! Plumerias are "deer resistant", supposedly!! Right?? Must be the teenagers that don't have any better sense! They striped 15 & I never found the first leaf. Hope they had a belly ache!!!
Some of the beds aren't planted yet since I seem to have a 'flooded" area south of my house. (on my property) Another challenge of country life!!!
They have this 'plant' growing in them. They have good, bought soil in them, just no plants b/c of the 'standing in water for wks @ a time' challenge!
So, maybe I will quit pulling this one 'plant' out of my beds & I will have a whole crop. Surely, the deer wouldn't eat this one since it thrives on the other acre.
Seriously, came home fr CSRU Sat nite about 10pm & they were in my backyard. One was actually laying down in my yard! Guess it thought it was down for the nite! NOTT!!!
Smockette, check out this list, it might help, you may need to plant different plants,
http://www.npsot.org/plant_lists/deer_resistant.html
I hope it helps.
Josephine.
Although your plant resembles a larkspur, I don't think it is one. In your zone, they would have been blooming for quite sometime by now. (For best results, the seeds need planted in the fall or I just sprinkle them from the seedpods when they are ripe in the summer). The plants usually come up in about late January or early February here, although I have some come up a lot later than that. Ooops, I just noticed that the date on the photo is 2/5/07 so they must have been up awhile. Again, if it was this large in February and if it is a larkspur, it should have blooms. Then, again, with the weird weather ... who knows.
There are different types of larkspur so the leaves can vary. It appears that the stems on your plant have hairs. If so, it is not any larkspur I have seen. Compared to the color of my larkspur, the color of the foliage and stem is too lught,
Rocket Larkspur (Consolida ambigua) seedling:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/35525/
Dwarf Rocket Larkspur (Consolida ambigua) 'Dwarf Rocket Mixed' have somewhat differeny shaped leaves than the regular ones. They are thinner giving them a finer ferny appearance.
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/129891/index.html
I could be totally wrong about this because I have only grown 3 types of larkspur.
Thanks Htop! Actually, the photo is from 5/2/07....I've never set the date on it correctly and it reads day/month/year. LOL. So, you're probably right.
I'd love it if it were Larkspur or a fancy cosmos or a prairie bishop. Time will tell, I suppose. The foliage is just not like any weed I've ever encountered in my yard.
Knolan, I've dug mine out. If you're brave enough to let it go to see what it is, will you please post if it ever blooms? I'd love to know what it is so if I have more of them I know whether to leave 'em or kill 'em!
Absolutely! Let's hope it's something good.
knolan, thanks for explaining the date on the photo. I was confused for a while which actually is my "normal" state most of the time. When I was referring to larkspur above, I was talking about the more cultivated types. Just to help you ID this plant, I took a little jaunt down the road a bit to see if any native larkspur are blooming and I found 2 types. Again the leaves are somewhat similar, but the natives' leaves are thinner and more delicate looking. Their stems were thinnish, but did have some very short, fine hairs on them that could be seen in the late afternoon sunlight. I hunted for any plant that was in bloom that resembled yours. I was disappointed that I did not come back with a positve ID for you. I'll keep looking. It will be fun to discover what it is when it blooms.
That was very kind of you, Htop! I appreciate that.
It sounds like there are a lot of us (pretty spread out, too) with this plant in our yards and no clue what it is so, it'll be fun to finally discover what it is.
Don't know how to link to plant files but this is my guess. Love-in-a-Mist "Miss Jekyll".
More of the plants I inherited from my mother. My flower garden also has this small plant coming up everywhere. A few have started to bloom. It freely reseeds itself everywhere. I just let it go because it adds so much to a cottage garden. So small that it doesn't crowd anything else. Usually gets to about 12". Whenever I am not sure....I just wait. Broadcast a lot of seed earlier and because of our very cool April and rainy May many things have not yet shown themselves. Possibly won't at all. I mainly prefer seed because the anticipation and joy watching what is next just thrills my heart.
It looks just like my cosmos, the tall, Mexican Astor.
Mexican Astor.
Here's a pic of mine...they are very straight and thick stemmed. As you can see they are about 3' tall.
And here's a close-up
Fly Girl, thanks for posting this. I'm pretty sure this is what I pulled up. If I have any more of them volunteer, I'll leave it to see if they bloom. It just got so big, and since I didn't know what it was, I was afraid I might not be able to get it out if it kept growing. Mine was about 2 feet tall when I pulled it up. Wish I had left it now.
Don't worry crowelli....I bet you'll have more before you know it. I have pulled them in the past and they always come back. I'm trying very hard to leave it until it blooms. It's actually kind of pretty but they never come up in the back of the bed, where they should be due to their height. I might try transplanting them....after we find out what it is. lol
Well by George I think I've got it, it is Dog Fennel, Eupatorium capillifolium, a lovely native plant.
http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/85736/
Check it out guys.
Josephine.