plant IDs needed please!

sadie2005

17 years ago

These first 2 plants I saw at a store planted on their grounds but there was no one to ask what they were.

This one was about 2 1/2 ft. tall.

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upclose of flower

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sorry for the photowork but it was a bright day with that greenhouse in the background so very hard to get the plant to show up. I am interested in the tall, wispy plant with pinkish flowers.

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upclose of flower

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upclose of stem/foliage

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this last one is in my garden...it is a weed? flower head

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and the whole plant. foliage looks kind of weedy

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Comments (5)

dawiff
17 years ago
1.) Obedient plant (Physostegia)
2.) Meadow Rue (Thalictrum rochebrunianum)
3.) Verbena hastata

The Verbena is a native perennial form of Verbena, I grew it at my previous house (WS), so it's probably not a weed.
floodthelast
17 years ago
I agree on the first two the third one I haven't seen before.
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sadie2005
Original Author
17 years ago
thanks to you both for the ID help!
northerner_on
17 years ago
Hi Sadie: I don't know what your zone is, but my experience with Obedient Plant is that it is a thug. You will notice that it has a square stem, so I believe it is a member of the mint family and invades in a similar manner in Zone 5. I purchased two plants from my son's grade school plant sale and it took me years to get rid of it, so be careful.
auntyara
17 years ago
Hi Sadie,
very nice pics,
I agree with "northerner on"
obedients are so beautiful but must be kept in check.
rabbits got nothing on these babies lol
this year i put some in my ditch garden to fight with the weeds. i hope they win :)
Laura