This one was given to me by Becky at the Buffalo swap. It has neon yellow blooms and fuzzy foliage. It's about 24 in tall and the flowers close up at night.
I need y'all to help me ID these two plants, please.
Form pic
Plant #2 was given to me by LouC and they were given to her as seeds. She said that they were given to her as purple coneflower seeds, but obviously they are not. I was thinking some sort of Cockscombs, but I'm just not sure. Any ideas?
O.K. T.J. what you have is Camphorweed, Heterotheca subaxillaris
http://wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=HESU3
check the stems too.
The reason I didn't recognize it, is because I have never seen it so tall.
The other one I don't know.
Josephine.
Bronc, mine are nowabout 30" tall and definitely purple coneflowers. The seed was sent to me by Podster. I also have cockscomb and they look nothing like these.
LouC
Yes, those came from me... They are an annual that will reseed. It is wheat Celosia or Celosia spicata. It will grow quite tall and do all right with minimal care. I love the color of the foliage and the bloom. Those seeds were sent by MidSouth DGr Corgimom.
Is this photo the purple coneflower you have, LouC? It is a perennial and will not really produce a ton of blooms in the first year. The saying on perennials is the first year they sleep, the second year they creep and the third year they leap. These have been here for a long time....
Good morning.
In reading your response, Pod, do I have these mixed up and it is not the coneflower? Beautiful whatever. The sun is really harsh on the hurchera below them. The japanse maple looks like it has been hit with a torch. Have given a lot of seedlings away as cone flower. Don't know where I "planted" the coneflower now. Oh well, it will be a nice surprise when they bloom next year.
Josephine, the flowers are different. Do you think it could be Sleepy-Daisy? http://wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=XATED2
If so, should I add some pics? Thanks!
Pod, thanks for the ID! Do you know which cultivar they are? Must be 'Flamingo Feather' or 'Pink Plume', huh?
Christi, you crack me up! Thanks for sharing them with me!
T.J. sometimes flowers vary, try crushing a leaf and see if it has a strong smell, that should tell us for sure.
It is not the Sleepy Daisy, check this out,
http://www.jcsemple.uwaterloo.ca/Xanthisma.htm
Josephine.
Thank you for the correction, TJ. This will be a beautiful bloom but quite different from the cone flower I was expecting.
LouC
Josephine, the flowers on Camphor weed are an orange-yellow like Coreopsis, but the flowers on this plant are lemon yellow. Plus, they close up at night. I'll pinch a leaf off when I get home tonight. Thanks!
A beautiful bloom indeed, Christi!
Bronc ~ I actually don't know the cultivar of the purple celosia. I've not been able to ID it in a search. If you find you do like them, I do have the Celosia Pink Candles also and should have seed to share... http://davesgarden.com/community/journals/si/135550/
The blackberry lillies are still very small but neverthless, growing. Will have to look around and see where I scattered the purple coneflower. I'm such a ditz!
LOL ~ not to worry, you will have many blooms to enjoy on all your beautiful flowers. 8 )
sorry, TJ. OT This is a noid rose that I bought at HD three years ago. Nothing slows down the blooms. Since early spring, the count is probably between 65 and 70 blooms total. Almost never slows down.
Actually, I guess you could say my entire garden is noid. All tropicals mixed with perrenials. Strange cottage garden.
Sorry Bronc. I'm looking for Josephine, going to jump in on your I.d. thread for just a moment :0)
Josephine, My american germander that Charlene pulled out of her pot for me (thanks, Charlene) has put on a good set of roots. I'm not sure what do now, tho. Can it take in full sun? Would it be best to wait and transplant this Fall. What would you do? Such a lovely plant, thank you both!
Edited for another quick question... I know I'm going to want more of these. Are they easy from cuttings or should I be saving seeds?
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No problem, Cocoa. I can answer one of your questions, though. Yes, it will do well in full sun with very little supplemental irrigation. The one I got from Josephine does, anyways.
Look at Amaranthus hybridus Opopeo. I just planted it for the first time this year and the leaves look very similar to your photo. It gets 70-78 inches tall. Below is a web site showing photos of leaves on a couple of types of Amaranthus.
http://www.robsplants.com/plants/AmaraHybri.php
Hello Lynea and T.J., yes it does well in full sun, and I haven't had to bother with propagating it, it sends out a lot of lateral roots, and when a plant comes up where I don't want it, I just pull it and pot it. However , I think it would be easy to propagate from cuttings, but I haven't had to do it.
Hey Josephine! I pinched a leaf off of my plant in question, and it has a slight odor like cut grass. Definately not a strong odor. So, now what?
Wow! this one is a tough one to pin down, I thought it was a type of primrose when I saw the plant, but after seeing the flower, that is not a primrose, it looks more like a daisy.
I have been looking at daisy type plants, but so far no luck, I guess i will keep looking, this is a tough one indeed.
I found it T.J. !!!! It is called Soft Golden Aster, Chrysopsis pilosa, and it is an annual, check it out;
http://www.missouriplants.com/Yellowalt/Chrysopsis_pilosa_page.html
Josephine.
That's it Josephine! Thanks so much!
I am wondering if I have one that came up in my flower bed this year. It sure looks a lot like that. I will take pics and post them later. It was so sweet looking, I left it.
I was thrilled to finally figure it out, it sure was a tough one, you guys keep me on my toes, but i love it.
Sjwarren ~ I enjoy touring that website, thank you.
That is a pretty color on the Amaranthus but I don't think it is the same... this one was about 4-5 feet tall last year. If I can find a good photo of the leaf structure, you will see it is a more elongated leaf. The bloom was definitely a Celosia but your Amaranthus is interesting. As a hybrid, will it not reseed?
If the last photo that you posted is of the plant then it is a celosia. Try Flamingo Feather Celosia. The following web link is from the Kansas Extension page for prarie star flowers.
http://www.prairiestarflowers.com/celosia_flamingo_feather_purple.htm
I don't remember if it will reseed or not. We just started getting a flower on it this weekend. It's a deep red. I'll see if I can get a picture of it to post.
Susan
Susan ~ yes, I think that last photo is the same plant that is in Broncbusters' second photo. If seeds came from me it is anyway... mine reseeds freely. The foliage in your link doesn't seem to have the coloration that these do. Perhaps more or less light is the reason. Thanks for the link, looking forward to your photo of it... pod
Yes, pod, that is your seeds. I threw them out and thought I had the cone flower. When they were small seedlings, 3-4 leaves, I gave some to TJ when he was here one evening. Mine beautiful now. Just waiting for them to bloom.
Thank you,
Christi
Here I was thinking Tickseed.....
"eyes"
Podster - I’m not sure if it’s a reseeder. I’ll know next spring if it is. The web shows the seeds, flowers, and leaves are edible. I put it in the flowerbed of stuff that reseeds to make sure it wasn't a nuisance reseeder so I must have read someplace that it reseeds. Johnnie’s seed say that if the soil is too rich the leave color is muted.
Interesting, I suspect lighting will affect the leaf color also... Will be curious to hear the outcome next spring. 8 )
Seems we are talking of two different plants. I am speaking of the amaranthus.
Just to clarify.
LouC
Yes LouC ~ I think we are... the one you, Bronc and I are growing which is the Celosia and the one Susan is growing which is pretty and similar but Amaranthus.
Ahhhh ~ what a weakness for all things green (purple) and growing we all have! LOL pod
I am just weak. Period. Having back surgery on July 31st and am beginning to worry about all of the tropicals I have planted in ground this year. DH is going to have a time taking care of me and the plants!
Oh dear ~ I am so sorry! You have been really stressed and no doubt that triggered shingles too! Take care of yourself first! The Lord will see to the rest. It always seems to work out for the best even when it may not seem that way at the time. Enjoy the plants, don't worry about them. That will take the fun out of it. Back surgery is not fun but newer procedures are a definite bright side. Wish we were all closer to help. pod
Lou, I will be thinking about you as you have surgery. Hope all goes well. My DH is going to have to have a second back surgery he just found out this week, but no date yet. I was in so much pain prior to my back surgeries and don't regret for a minute having them. I know you will be able to look back and say that too by the end of August.
Don't try to over do it taking care of plants, you only get one body; plants can be replaced.