I'm posting for mamajack. She found this growing at a friend's.
Mama, jump in here with the specifics.
Does anyone recognize this plant?
Foliage.
I am sure it is one of the Four O'clock, probably this one, Mirabilis mutiflora;
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=MIMU
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/89414/
Josephine.
josephine, the flowers are tiny. dawn said they looked like crape myrtle flowers and they do. so i don't think it's mirabilis. besides it has regular roots not like the bulby mirabilis.
Looks like one of the clenderum or something like that. Randy will know for sure. Oh, Raaaannnnnddddyyy.
Christi
Not like any of the four o'clocks I have seen.
I was going to suggest a 'cutting geranium'. However comparing Dawn's picture to the Plantfiles referenced above they look real similar. Also the leaves aren't of Geranium.
It's pretty.
Sidney
This message was edited Apr 25, 2008 9:04 PM
That should be cleredendrum. I think.
I would guess mirabilis of some type.
Here is a picture of M.macfarlane. please take a look. Also there are multiple sps of Mirabilis wildflowers too based on where we live.
http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/regions/pacificnorthwest/images/mirabilis_macfarlanei_lg.jpg
Hi,
I think its Mirabilis nyctaginea. I first saw it when visiting Vermont, so I was intrigued to see a mirabilis growing wild in such a cold place. I took a cutting back, rooted it and planted it. The flowers are not that showy (and rather fleeting) compared to other mirabilis, and it is an aggressive self sower. I've seen Mirabilis multiflora in Arizona, it is a much more attractive species than M. nyctaginea.
Mirabilis - I dont know what one but perfect for the flowers and yes some have regular roots.
It is Mirabilis, nyctaginea, Wild Four O'clock.
http://www.missouriplants.com/Pinkopp/Mirabilis_nyctaginea_page.html
Josephine.
yall are the smartest "thangs" in the united states and canada. thank you all. and josephine...hmmm, hmmm, hmmm. girl, you are amazing. a four o'clock. i woulda never guessed.
Thank you Barbara, I have seen some of those at Pappy Elkins Park, some unusual plants grow there.
We also found giant Four O'clock, Mirabilis gigantea, the plant is very tall with only one stem, and the flowers are very small, check this out, we found it last year.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/138080
dawn and i would like to know where pappy's place is? heehee but don't worry jo, i'll watch her closely. i had to take her little shovel away at the antique rose emporium because she was goin' after a glad bulb. i made her stop and that was the only thing that saved that little beauty i guarantee it.
Texas Gardening: Texas Native Plants & Wildflowers Picture Directory has photos of a lot of Texas native plants. Perhaps people could use it to ID unknown plants if the photo is there.
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/528122/
Mirabilis nyctaginea is shown here.
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/528718/
i don't have a camera htop. and dawn might not get time but i'll ask her. and how are? haven't seen you for awhile.
Thanks. I am doing okay. I appreciate your asking.
Barbara, Pappy Elkins is in Dalworthington Gardens, very close to Veterans park.
It is a totally wild kind of place, so when you get there it doesn't look like much, but if you look closely you can find many hidden little treasures.
Sometimes if you arrive at the right time you can find fields of flowers.
Here we are last year Anna and me in a field of Black Eyed Susans and Monarda.
is all that in arlington? is veterans park where we had the swap last fall?
No, we had the swap at Randol Mill Park, but yes it in Arlington.
Vetrans park was the two years before that, the long walk up to the pavillion!
i missed the long walk. i really liked randol mill. i wish my kids could have gone to the park in waxahachie. it was a really pretty place.