just re-read my post...the flowers were not rounded like a ball, but were flat at the top and bottom.

Could it have been a rose? Madame Hardy fits most of that description---and according to the sources I've checked, the canes arch when they are loaded with blossoms. Have included a link to a picture...

melanie

Here is a link that might be useful: Mme Hardy Rose

Another thought--Bridal Wreath Spirea Spirea prunifolia 'plena' fits that description as well. If neither of theses fits--let me know and I'll keep looking!

melanie

Here is a link that might be useful: bridal wreath pic and info

How tall was the plant? Could it have been Solomon's Seal? That doesn't exactly match your description but you never know.

Or maybe Sweet Breath of Spring?

melanie

Here is a link that might be useful: sweet breath of spring

Or Dicentra spectabilis. I am assuming the plant is herbaceous and not woody.

Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:1186608}}

Thank you all for your replies...so sorry it's taken me a few days to check back (my mom has pneumonia).

I really appreciate your help, but none of your suggestions are like the plant I remember. I wish I could draw a little better, I would try to draw a picture and scan it in.

If I remember correctly, the plant was about 3 or so feet tall, was an arching perennial similar in shape to bleeding heart, but the flowers were very little, almost like little white puffy tires hanging down from the branches. The flowers had ridges around the circumference.

Well, thanks so much for your suggestions! And I'm enjoying reading the other posts on this forum...learning a lot!

Barbara

Sorry about your mom--will be sending good thoughts her way. Have a thought about the "ridged puffy tires"--I'll go research and report back!

melanie

This is a campanula--though my source says it's 1'-2' high...Campanula takesimana is it's name. My other thought was mountain laurel...but it's a BUSH...I'll try and find a decent picture of it. The flowers on it are ridged as you describe--at least before they open...

melanie

Here is a link that might be useful:

This is what mountain laurel looks like...

Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:1186610}}

I think it must be Platycodon Grandiflorus Album--found several places that say they grow from 24"-36". Hope we solved it...

melanie

Here is a link that might be useful: scroll about half way down for the white variety

Hi Melanie,

I'm thinking it might have been some kind of campanula...I went to the nursery to buy my mom a plant, and saw campanula with blossoms very similar to what I remember.

Thank you for all your help. My parents did have a Mountain Laurel in the front yard (yes, it's gone too!), but that I would be able to recognize.

I decided that I'm going to buy a Bridal Wreath Spirea. I already have white bleeding heart, and I think the two will look lovely together. I'll add a couple of pink bleeding hearts as well. That will be enough to make me happy :)

Thanks again,
Barbara

It'll be GAWJUS. And you can add bit 'n pieces over the years...and I love this kind of "detective work"...keeps me from focussing on the fact that MY garden is all torn up!

melanie