Name that plant
Details:
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Date Photo Taken
07 / 06 / 2014
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Season Photo Was Taken
Summer
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Region Photo Was Taken
Southeast
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City
Cary
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State
North Carolina
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Posted by
flbenson
Notes:
We have an unidentified plant/shrub growing in our butterfly garden. The plant/shrub died back in the winter but has really grown considerably the last couple of months. It has a number of individual shoots coming from a common root system. The tallest shoots are at least 8′ high. The plant has no blooms or blossoms and no signs that it will have any. The leaves are quite broad and relatively dark green.
Comments
stone Master Identifier says:
Here’s some info about the paper mulberry… http://idigmygarden.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63337&page=2 While invasive also… Totally different from the white mulberry.
July 11th, 2014 at 8:22am
stone Master Identifier says:
Bobby, That was a paper mulberry… Here’s a link to red mulberries and white mulberry… That I posted last year… Incidentally…. It’s too late to see fruit…. They fruited before the blackberries. http://stonethegardener.tumblr.com/post/48536016896/mulberry-study
July 11th, 2014 at 8:36am
Bobby Master Identifier says:
A few keys for identifying giant ragweed and white mulberry can be found here http://www.walterreeves.com/name-that-plant/what-is-this-6/
July 10th, 2014 at 11:32pm
stone Master Identifier says:
Hey Bobby… While I encourage native red mulberries… the white mulberry is considered an invasive. The birds share the berries with me… but I let them have all the caterpillars…
July 10th, 2014 at 2:33pm
mhannon Apprentice says:
I received some information from one of the local Master Gardeners this morning(she also has a landscape business)and she thinks it is a Giant Ragweed. She forwarded this link to the University of Illinois College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences information on this plant. http://extension.cropsci.illinois.edu/fieldcrops/weeds/giant_ragweed/#image6
July 10th, 2014 at 11:47am
mhannon Apprentice says:
I have the same plant growing in my yard. This is the first time I have ever seen it. It grows very fast. Mine doesn’t have any signs of blooms either. I’m very curious about it’s identity. I’ve asked the local Master Gardeners for help in identifying it, but no response yet.
July 9th, 2014 at 9:07pm
Bobby Master Identifier says:
Mulberry species may be a beneficial plant near butterfly gardens as a food source for the baby butterflies 🙂 Earth to Stone, what say ye?
July 8th, 2014 at 12:08pm
sunnysue2009 Master Identifier says:
Looks a lot like white Mulberry tree to me. Kinda a weed tree to a lot of people. Look at this and see what you think. http://www.oshims.com/herb-directory/w/white-mulberry-leaf
July 8th, 2014 at 1:53am