I have spent about an hour and a half trying to identify this flower I know as cow pen daisy. It loves our Texas heat as you can see!
Thanks, Trixi
Does anyone know this outstanding Daisy?
It could be Bitterweed. http://uvalde.tamu.edu/herbarium/tesca.htm
Additional wildflowers to check arranged by color. http://www.lone-star.net/wildflowers/flowers.htm
Hope you find out what it is. Good luck.
I bet the folks on the S'west forum will know if we don't get it .... Could it be Tagetes lemonii? Take a look here - http://www.bio.utexas.edu/courses/bio406d/images/pics/ast/Tagetes_lemonii.htm
It looks like Coreopsis "Moonbeam".
http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/peren/msg061841076403.html
Hope this helps.
Annette/maw
Yup looks like some sort of Coreopsis.
One more vote for Moonbeam.
You know, four nerve daisy looks and sounds right, but it blooms all summer into the fall here. I have several moonbeam coreopsis and the plant and foliage is not the same. Thank you so much for your replies!!
Four nerve daisy is bitterweed ngam!
trixi
Hi Trixi.....welcome back.......haven't seen you since 2002 at Lake Texoma! Shame what's happening to that park, isn't it? BTW the moonbeam is really nice..
"eyes"
eyesoftexas, I am so glad to hear from you!!!!
^_^...come see me at our next roundups...great people, and I know you remember Smockette, and TArogers5...
"eyes"
I wouldn't miss it for the world!!
Trixi
Is this Cowpen Daisies?
It could be, I don't know anything anymore!!
Trixi
LOL! Me, neither ...
It looks a bit like a Dahlsberg daisy, I used to have them and they do very well with hot and dry climate. Couldn't find them in plantfiles, but found this link
http://www.parkseed.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StoreCatalogDisplay?storeId=10101&catalogId=10101&langId=-1&SearchText=dahlberg+daisy&mainPage=textsearchresults&RequestType=NewRequest&cid=ppp000912
It really looks like this to me. Does it have a fragrance like a mum? If so I bet this one is what it is!
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Try putting Tickseed in the common name in Plant Files.
My first thought was coreopsis, too. It does look very much like threadleaf coreopsis. And yep, as others said, 'Moonbeam.' So, add my vote for coreopsis, too! :)
I suspect it is Helenium amarum 'Dakota Gold' http://www.peoriagardens.com/images/premiums/HeleniumDakotaGold.jpg
Thanks Dale- It looks like it!
Trixi
Your welcome.
I grow Helenium 'Dakota Gold' in my beds here, really takes heat, drought, excessive rains with no problems. It is easy from seed too. I save a few from year to year.
I like Plains Coreopsis too>
I have such a large area to garden that I love things that take care of themselves!!
Trixi
Trixi,
Is that the 'Laura Bush' petunia I see between the Purslane and (guessing) orange Zinnia?
PS We grow lots of Pentas too.
It is, will reseed here, although our 107 weather did a number on it! The zinnias are profusion and they are reseeding too. High hopes for next year
That is a beautiful vine. Is it tropical Dale?
Trx
Yeah it is a tropical vine. Big 'crop' of flowers early summer, then a few cluster here and there during summer. Very sluggish in winter with the short days and cool temps. I will have to try and find some cuttings somewhere....
Cousin It (or Bacopa)>
I love cousin it!! That is a wonderful plant. I envy you with all the tropicals you can keep going in Florida.
Here's my version of Cousin It's wilder cousin!
Trx
That would be Cousin It's distant relative, we call her Exuberant.
You're place is beautiful!!♥♥♥