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innocencebroken Brookfield, IL Jun 16, 2008

Hello everyone,

I found a ton of this growing along side the house and haven't a clue as to what it is. I'm guessing it's a weed since it just sort of "popped" up... but it's almost too pretty to be, lol.

Please help. :)

Thank you!

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innocencebroken Brookfield, IL Jun 16, 2008

Here is another photo of the same plant

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innocencebroken Brookfield, IL Jun 16, 2008

And one last one - hope this helps! Thanks again to anyone who might know what this could be. :)

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skaz421 Wesley Chapel, FL(Zone 9a) Jun 17, 2008

If you post it in the 'Plant Identification' forum, somebody will tell you what it is.

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ltalent New York, NY Jun 17, 2008

Can't quite tell but could be zinnia.

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WeeNel Ayrshire Scotland, United Kingdom Jun 18, 2008

there are lots of ways for things to pop up in our gardens, birds dropping the seeds is one of the main reasons, but if you like it, why get rid for now, if it is a weed, get rid after it flowers and before it sets seeds, all you then do is cut off the flowers as they die and then it cant spread more seeds, good luck. Weenel.

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duck_toller Middleton, WI(Zone 4b) Jun 19, 2008

I am far from being expert, but it sure looks like phlox to me.

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Doe41 (Audrey) Dyersburg, TN(Zone 7a) Jun 19, 2008

My first thought was zinnia, too. Then, again, looks like phlox, too! When it blooms, you'll be able to tell!
Audrey

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gardenerwanabee Vancouver, WA Jun 20, 2008

I had/have a bunch of them next to my fence also - at first I thought it was a wee so I pulled them up. But now they have come back again and are beginning to get flowers, so weed or not they are kinda pretty...

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PaulFromAL Piedmont, AL(Zone 7b) Jun 20, 2008

I hate posts like the one I'm getting ready to make but I'm 50% SURE its phlox and 50% SURE its a zinnia.....and 100% sure I don't know for sure......:)

Paul from Alabama

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Carolyn22 Athens, PA Jun 20, 2008

Inn,

My guess is that it is a zinnia. I saw this post and went out and took some pictures of my phlox. If you will notice there is a big difference in the stems of the 2 plants. Also, the veins on the leaves of the pholox go at an angle from the center of the leaf, whereas the veins on the leaves of the zinnia go from end to end.

Attached is a picture of Franz Schubert phlox in my garden.

Here is a link to a picture of a zinnia -I didn't plant any this year :( http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://s3.amazonaws.com/picable/2007/09/18/60089_Red-Zinnia-Flower_620.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.picable.com/Nature/Flowers/Red-Zinnia-Flower.46622&h=500&w=397&sz=59&hl=en&start=43&tbnid=5FAkw81tsVi9pM:&tbnh=130&tbnw=103&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dzinnia%2B%26start%3D36%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

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vickijackson55 Vancouver, WA(Zone 8a) Jun 22, 2008

It kind of looks like my garden phlox, but where it is starting to bud and the growth looks like my bee balm. Good luck
Vicki

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