My neighbor ,who is moving, gave me this. Any idea what it will grow up to be?
ID these please
I had this marked as blanket flower, but check on other pics and the foliage looks different.
Hello Anna, I think the first one is a Cedar Tree, don't know which kind.
and the second could be a Western Ragweed.
http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AMAR2
I agree with Frost the first one is a cedar looks just like the ones we have here on our place coming up.
Second one no idea but I do know I am allergic to it if it is ragweed ...hehehe
Thanks,I don't think I will be keeping it.........Sheila has a great story about ragweed if she'd like to share.
I just took this photo tonight and was going to ask about it. Is this the same thing?
Here's another one I need an ID for. At first I thought this might be another sunflower, but it's different somehow.
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Pattie, the first one is a ragweed, and the second one is a Sunflower, as you suspected.
Thanks, Josephine.
This got me thinking about ragweed. I have 2 kinds, Giant Ragweed by the dry creek and some little Western Ragweed by the road. Last year things got crazy with all the rain and the Giant Ragweed formed groves out there, some as tall as 10 feet. I finally got those cut down in the fall. But now, you have to really look hardy to see any. There's a couple of plants on the steep side of the creek a few feet tall. Then there's others that either never really came back from being cut down...or they're being grazed. I wonder....the deer and other wild animals are still extremely over-populated from last year's lush vegetation. The deer are eating things they only eat here when truly desperate. With heat, wind and only a few inches of rainfall so far this year things are so bad. Could something be eating Giant Ragweed? Ugh! Here's a pic of one that at least has a little growth on it:
Don't hold me to it but it looks like a Cedar. Did it just come up or did you plant it?
My neighbor transplanted it from a seedling that came up in their yard. They just moved away and he didn't want to take it. Does anyone want it? I don't have room for it.
That first picture looks like a baby Leyland Cypress to me. It's a beautiful tree and we always have one for a Xmas tree. It has an almost 'Dr. Seussy' feel to it.
I agree....2nd picture looks like a sunflower.
It has a nice shape. The color is more blue green than the photo.
Yup....I'll bet it's a Leyland. It's a lovely tree, blue/green. If you plant it in the ground, it will get pretty big.
I feel a little guilty every year when we go to the Christmas tree farm and cut one down but, it's really, the loveliest tree ever. We go at Thanksgiving and the tree is soft and fresh even on New Year's. I plan to plant one for keeps in my own yard.
I hope yours grows as beautiful as I've ever seen them. Give it a year and you'll know what I mean when I say 'Dr. Seussy'. It looks like the trees from 'The Grinch'.
I know the photo isn't great because it was so dark the morning I took this. I had a volunteer seedling that I allowed to grow for about 7 years. We did finally cut it down when it got so large that it blocked us from seeing the rest of the yard. I liked having it, and as you see, it made a beautiful scene in the snow.
As for the story on the large ragweed, lol!
My good friend and co-worker's Mother was the President of their local garden club and got "yard of the month". My friend was the one that did her yard because she lived with her. Her camera was not working so my DH and I went over to take pictures and see her sign. There was this one plant out in the yard that was about 10 foot tall, the leaves were a beautiful shape. She didn't know what it was but had planted some plant bulb from WM in that spot and thought that was it. As we left her house I was looking out at the neighborhood and noticed these plants along a creek we crossed. I got home and started searching and found it was a large Ragweed! I immediately called her so she could take it out, but she wasn't sure I was right. After all, the lady from the garden club had looked at things when they walked around. Later she agreeded but decided to leave it there until the month was over. She never told her Mother what it was either! She did cut it before it went to seed. We still laugh about it when we see something we don't know what is. LOL!
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Thanks Sheila. That is a very funny story!!!
It surely is, it was a beautiful plant indeed !!!!
There was so much more to their yard than that, so I feel I need to post a nice picture too. (Josephine..you met her and her Mother at my retirement party) It really was deserving of the YOTM award.
That is really pretty Sheila, and i think the ragweed is lovely too, I just wish it didn't cause so much trouble with people's allergies.