Whats blooming part 5

This was a free rose bush from JP after they messed up an order. First bloom Dream Come True.

Willieb, The photo contest dosn't start till fall.

'Hot Lips'

WillieB, Dave runs a photo contest for all of the DGer's at the endish of the year - there are several catagories and everyone is invited to put in as much or as little as they like. The selection is wonderful, with some photos at pro-level and some so touching and personal that they get loads of votes (the selection of the winner is by popular vote) - thats the nice thing it is never obvious who is going to win: could be the very personal amateur's photo or it could be the very beautifully composed almost-professional. Its lots of fun - the only restriction is no computer generated high tech alterations.

We're all looking forward to your Chinese Flower quiz - pop the photo up and lets see how good we all are - I'm betting on this group to have someone who will know. There are some brillant plants people here!

Bea!! Your hibiscus is beautiful. Is it hardy or do you keep it inside in the winter?

My Mom sent this photo in an e-mail today. Since I can't pass the
e-mail to everyone on DG, I thought I would share the photo and a bit of the discription of the photo.

THE ONLY FLAG THAT DOES NOT FLY:

Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over nine miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. Check out the dimensions of the flag. The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834. This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers.

Wow.

Hi again. Have the pix posting figured out.
So, Can you name th is flower? There will be 4-5 pix.

pix #2

# 3 This is how the plant grows. You have to hunt for a flower or bud.

#4

#5 and the last one of this very different flower!
This is another plant of the same flower. I have 5 of these. Not all are blooming. Some are smaller plants.

While I am posting flowers, i will post a couple other ones.

Am not sure if this is a new begonia this year or not. I think it is.
So very different! Yes, got a blue ribbon at the Port Townsend fair.

Here is a very different diascia. - 'Blue Bonnet' The outer edges are blue!

WOW indeed. Great flag.

Willieb, don't know your little guy but love the begonia and diascia

Bea, great flag! now wouldnt it be just awesome if something like that was planted where United flight 93 went down?

Good idea.

WillieB, I love that little flower. The plant has a very herb-like look to it, doesn't it? I wonder if it isn't an oregano or related to an oregano?

Just rereading the thread . . .

Holly, I saw lots of Queen Anne's Lace in Oregon this weekend and every time I saw it I thought of you . . .

Great Flag, thats the whole Rose Parade in one beautiful presentation.
WoW.

Willie - is it one of the Geum family? Where's Katie59, she and Katye are brillant at this.

Well, Kat(ye)'s brilliant at it. I'm still in the "hit or miss" category. :-) I still think it looks like an herb - marjoram or oregano.

So far, no one has come close. Did you get a good look at the blossom?
It is a vining plant. The flower color is not typical of the family. But the shape is.

It is not a geum, oregano, or marjoram.

But one might call it an herb - one common name calls it a false ____.....which is used by Chinese medicine.

It comes from China. The 'Far Reaches Farm" in Port Townsend is where I purchased it. The pot was overflowing so i divided it and now have 6 pots of it (Small to medium sized pots). They may not know that it is called a false _____
I went on line after I divided it and found that it does not like to be disturbed! Don't know where they got that information! All of it grew! You end up with a lot of plants in the pot.
It has a big tap root, which the Chinese use for medicine.

I will post more later. - after you take a closer look at it and think some more.
I doubt that any of you have seen it before. But it would be nice if you have!

Betty

Willieb, could your plant be False Bittersweet?
Celastrus orbiculatus

On a first observation, the form is the same as Platycodon, or Balloon flower. I'll get my Hortus III out & have a look. I THINK that Platycodon is part of the Campanulaceae group.
I will check out the leaves, though.

As far as I can see from the photos, the leaves look ovate, crenate, arranged opposite, and glabrous; flower form - campanulate. Scandent growth?
It's hard to tell from the photos.
I'm stumped. You might put this one on the plant ID forum. Very nice color, veination.

I am glad to know, Katye, that you know where to look!

Yes, it is a vining member of the Campanula family.

Botanical name:

I have quite a few campanulas and am always looking for unusual flowers, so this really caught my eye!

It is also called a false ginseng.
Some people use it like they do ginseng. You would have to grow a Lot of it, to have enough roots to use medicinally. It does have a fat tap root.

It is not in Dave's plant files.
Here is a link to some info on it.
http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Codonopsis+tangshen

Adenophora polymorpha? Could not link, so I used the backdoor method. =:0)

Where did you find this? It is very cool & the growth habit is fun. (Well, insofar as I define "fun"....)

Very little info on it. What intrigued me is that the predominant colours in the Campanulaceae family tend to blue/purple/pink/white. So this chartreuse-y hue made me think twice.
If you are able to do cuttings, or grow from seed, please post. My curiousity needs to be satisfied: more trivia to stuff in my brain.

new blooms :o)
Brugmansia 'Magic Carpet'

calla lily (have name writte somewhere! ugh!)

Saliva ' Black and Blue'

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