Name that plant
Details:
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Date Photo Taken
05 / 26 / 2014
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Season Photo Was Taken
Spring
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Region Photo Was Taken
Northeast
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City
Brooktondale
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State
New York
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Posted by
jane3154
Notes:
These are spring bloomers and have blossomed with the forget-me-nots and bleeding hearts. They are still in bloom now that the mountain bluet, poppy and wild phlox are in bloom.
Comments
jane Leaf Lover says:
Hello Stone! Thank you so much for your most productive tip! My pink blooms are indeed Silene and it’s a hybrid called “Rolly’s Favorite Catchfly”. I am promised lots of blooms with deadheading and apparently, it reseeds, which is not a problem for me. A University of Arsankas Extension write-up highlights a potential point of confusion: “This one had us stumped as it was first introduced under the invalid name, Silene x robotii, only to later become a Lychnis flos-jovis. Since Lychnis flos-jovis normally has white-hairy foliage, we won’t rule out a yet unnamed baby daddy. Despite one parent hailing from the central European Alps, this Gerardus Oudshoorn hybrid has thrived in our hot, humid summers. For us, the deer-resistant, drought-tolerant Lychnis ‘Rolly’s Favorite’ forms a compact 10″ tall x 18″ wide basal rosette of fuzzy green leaves, covered from mid-March (NC) through summer with 15″ stalks, ending in masses of 1″ dark pink flowers…quite stunning!” Again, MANY THANKS! I have more plants I can’t identify in the garden … this website is just such a fantastic resource! Jane
June 6th, 2014 at 11:01am
stone Master Identifier says:
Try searching pink silene. Congrats on finding the wallflower.
June 6th, 2014 at 9:24am
jane3154 Leaf Lover says:
SunnySue, I googled Soapwort but I don’t think it’s what I have. However, I think I may have found what my orange blooms are. It’s Cheiranthus allionii: Siberian wallflower is a biennial or perennial that grows to a height of 10-18 inches. These wildflower seed produce slender plants with fragrant, bright orange flowers. Siberian Wallflowers bloom in zone 5 from late April to early June.(Wildflowermix.com) Many thanks! Jane
June 5th, 2014 at 6:24pm
sunnysue2009 Master Identifier says:
I think Soapwort? I just bought some recently and haven’t seen it flower. http://home.howstuffworks.com/soapwort-bouncing-bet.htm
June 5th, 2014 at 4:59pm