Marigolds?

No, its a perennial, they were winter sowed 2004.

Sharon
Could you please clarify which one - the oval, scalloped leaf or the ferny leafed one? If it's the ferny one, is that trollius or a ranunculus type of flower?

Shauna

Hi Sharon
Could the ferny leaf plant be a garden mum. The broadleaf one looks like a primrose.

Cheers Al

Hi Sharon,

Here is my guess, maybe it will ring a bell with you and you can figure out the great mystery. If is is indeed the finer ferny leaved one that you are asking about I would guess a Scabiosa of some type.

Syreeta

How about malva??

Ahhh, you're right Shauna, there are two plants in that tangled mess. Sorry about the confusion, I thought it was just the one plant.... LOL

I did wintersow Scabiosa columbaria ÂButterfly Blue and Primula denticulate that year, I just can't remember if I actually planted them out as transplants or if I dumped the non-germinated containers and they sprouted this year? I didn't keep very good records of my wintersowings back then ;)

After work, I will post a close up of the leaves.....the ferny leaf plant should be blooming any day soon ;)

Sharon

Sharon, is it not the same plant as that behind the Painted Daisies shown in the June 26 photos thread?

I give up, Sharon. Definitely not trollius, after looking at Laurie's in the June 26 thread. The buds are different and the leaf shape. I agree with the primrose. The buds look Compositae, maybe a chrysanthemum of some type? I'm just guessing because I really want to learn how to identify some of these interesting ID's that everyone comes up with.

I had one for everyone the other day but I determined it was a weed. Ever seen a columbine with long, pointed, serrated leaves? No, neither have I. LOL

Shauna

Well I think Pudge might be on to something....the plant behind the Painted Daisies shown in the June 26 photos thread is a Centaurea dealbata and I did WS some Centaurea uniflora nervosa Knapweed that year too.....by looking at the leaves of the Centaurea dealbata, they look very similar to the unknown one, same with the flower buds. hmmmmm ;)

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Reminder to any of you who are planning on dumping their winter sowing non-sprouters, stick the tag in ;)

Sharon

I have another ID plant, does anyone know what species this Allium is? The plant in the background is a Artemisia stelleriana 'Silver Brocade', so you can see that its not very tall Allium, maybe 8-12" high.

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TIA
Sharon

I have a similar allium - no idea what it is either!

Allium ostrowskianum syn. oreophilum.

You ladies are wayyyyy off base that is either a spruce tree or a liverwort. Jeez get with it.

LOL
Billy

Billy, I can see a promising career in landscaping ahead of you, LOL!

Posted by: ABgardeneer Z3, Calgary (My Page) on Tue, Jun 28, 05 at 9:56

Billy, I can see a promising career in landscaping ahead of you, LOL!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!

Well, he said he was a forester... :) Dig those Latin names of trees! Billy, was it Picea glauca or marianna that you spotted? I LOVED Dendrology! LOL

I have these too. I think they are Allium oreophilum (A. ostrowskianum, A. platystemon.)

I also have yellow ones.....Apparently they self-seed readily...to form large clumps. According to Lois Hole's favorite bulbs book.....the yellow ones can naturalize aggressively. They are Allium moly (A luteum)from what I can tell.

I pulled these bulbs out of my side perennial bed last year....thought I had them all.......but they are blooming beautifully right where I pulled them all out. LOL. I planted the ones that I pulled out behind the garage in a sandy area....thought they would look nice naturalizing back there....but they didn't come back.

Sierra

lol Marciaz...........Dendro was definetely my favourite.....some of the latin names sound comical in themselves. Bearberry was a personal favourite of mine.....Arctostaphylos uva-ursi. If you say it real fast it almost sounds like the tasmanian devil LOL.

I think it was Picea notevenintheballparkus (will.), Marciaz. LOL

The guys i knew remembered "Cornus carolinneaus" (sp?) by relating its skinny twigs to a skinny girl on campus named Carolyn. I just liked the sound of the names - Abies balsamia, Juglens cineria, Pinus divaricata (now banksiana, i believe). Luckily i just learned it along with my boyfriend and never had to be tested on it! Did you take Forestry at Lakehead?

LOL@ Cornus carolinneas.....thats a good one. Yes, P. divaricata is banksiana now.....funny you say Juglans cinerea, its one of my favourite trees. There is a butternut growing right around the corner from here and the squirrels LOVE it :-). Yes, I took forestry at Lakehead, but due to cash restraints I never finished. Degreeless here :-) Once I got out working I just never went back. May well do that some day. I love to learn but I do hate a classroom, and I probably can't afford it anymore now than I could then !

Cheers,
Billy

So thats what it is....thanks so much Lori & Sierra!
(((((Billy and Marcia, I just don't know what to say)))))

I noticed these in the Botanus catalogue, just wasn't too sure ;)

Sharon

Have another plant that needs a species name.....Scutellaria unknown species, any ideas? It is about 8" high.

TIA
Sharon

That yellow allium is on my Botanus list - the sympathy with Jan list, you know. ;) I may have the ostrowskianum too - have to take a closer look tomorrow.

Syreeta, turned out that the ferny plant is indeed
Scabiosa columbaria ÂButterfly BlueÂ. I'll see if I can get a photo of it sometime this week ;)

Thanks again!
Sharon

Scutellaria alpina. My variety is 'Arcobaleno'

Much appreciated Glen, another plant that I donÂt have to worry about not having a name ;) Thanks!

Sharon

Updated photos of the identified plant...

Sharon