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8 years ago

last modified: 8 years ago

I saw this container outside a botanical garden and the "pineapple" like flowered plant was unique.

(It somewhat resembles a gomphrena but as one who has gomphrena I have never seen any variety that looks like this one).

Can you help?

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Jay 6a Chicago
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
It's a Gomphrena. There are 2 different species of Gomphena, both grown as annuals. G.globosa, and G. haageana. One is round shaped, the other more pineapple shaped.
rouge21_gw (CDN Z5b/6a) thanked Jay 6a Chicago
rouge21_gw (CDN Z5b/6a)
Original Author
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
Excellent 'Jay'. I know I have only planted globosa. I will keep my eye out for haageana seeds this off season. (It looks like it might be "Strawberry Fields").
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rouge21_gw (CDN Z5b/6a)
Original Author
7 years ago
UPDATE: It is easy to secure gomphrena globosa but I am having a bit of difficulty finding a Canadian seed outlet carrying haageana. By chance has anyone come across haageana seeds from a dot ca company?
rouge21_gw (CDN Z5b/6a)
Original Author
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
UPDATE: Summer 2019:

I unexpectedly found G. haageana late this spring at a nursery. So I just plunked them in a small pot...nothing fancy. But I can see how they would look better with other annuals in the same container as alone they are a bit gangly/stringy (as compared to G. globosa.)

globosa:
Patti Chicago Zone 5b/6a
7 years ago
I grew these last year. I grew white and purple together. I thought they got too tall for the grow bag. I may plant them again one day because they are very sweet but not as many. This was the results of too many seeds grown together.