Name that plant
Details:
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Date Photo Taken
09 / 09 / 2012
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Season Photo Was Taken
Fall
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Region Photo Was Taken
Southeast
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City
Mountain City
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State
Georgia
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Posted by
cmcnamara
Notes:
We were traveling in the North Georgia Mountains, near Clayton, in an area known as Wolf Fork Valley last week. We saw two beautiful, red flowering bushes. Can you identify it for us?
Comments
stone Master Identifier says:
On first glance, I was thinking Loropetalum… On enlarging the photo, getting a closer look at those blooms, I think not. Maybe Japanese Knotweed? I’m thinking Persicaria cuspidatum ‘Crimson Beauty’ http://plantdelights.com/Catalog/Current/Detail/polygonum_cuspidatum_crimson_beauty_00904.html
September 24th, 2012 at 10:58am
Buck Master Identifier says:
This is knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum var. compactum). It is great for dried arrangements. In some areas it can be invasive, though here in w. cent. Ala. I have had no problem with it, and I have had it for some 30 years or so. Buck
September 23rd, 2012 at 8:33pm