Date Photo Taken: September 21, 2011
Location: Dunwoody, GA
Posted By: jsnoblin
Notes:
This was growing on the edge of my neighbor’s Koi pond. Had lots of yellow flowers in summer (dime-size). The stems are red and hairy. Beautiful leaf structure and leaves turning a beautiful red color. Don’t know if the red stem color is seasonal. This one is 2 ft tall, another is at least 3 ft tall. What is it?
Bobby Unregistered says:
The foliage looks a lot like Primrose. The bloom doesn’t. Walter, what the heck is this?
September 25th, 2011 at 10:03 pmBobby Flower Fanatic says:
It is a primrose after all! Check out this USDA link: http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LULE4&photoID=lule4_1h.jpg
September 27th, 2011 at 11:13 amLet us know what you think.
Sunnysue Unregistered says:
I’m really thinking that it’s in the St. John’s Wort family. Couldn’t find an exact match but the number of petals and the leaf formation are pretty close.
http://www.gardenstew.com/plantstew/21454#taxon-images
this next page has a close up of the square red stems as well
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/nursery-weeds/weedspeciespage/hypericum/Hypericum_perforatum.html
Had no idea there were SO many varieties of what I thought was a “weed” like herb!
October 1st, 2011 at 12:01 am