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Sunday, September 14. 2014

Identify that garden flower

The purplish one on the long stems, on the left (from somebody's garden in Wellfleet)


Posted by Bird Dog in Gardens, Plants, etc., Our Essays at 07:06 | Comments (13) | Trackbacks (0)

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Scabiosa, pincushion flower
#1 rambler on 2014-09-14 17:14 (Reply)
I think it's Armeria maritima - Sea thrift or sea pink. They're pretty and they deal with the sea winds well, so they say.
#2 weaver (Link) on 2014-09-14 17:52 (Reply)
Valerian, or garden heliotrope. In their infinite wisdom, it is banned in Connecticut and is one of the few plants where the ban is actively enforced. For reasons unknown.
#3 acairfearann (Link) on 2014-09-14 20:04 (Reply)
Great Purple Thingee.
#4 Gringo on 2014-09-14 20:08 (Reply)
I do not believe it is Scabiosa, but it could be see here:
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=Scabiosa

here is Armeria maritime:
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=w970

Could be valerian, but I can't get the picture link. Go to Google-type in images then type in Valerian--there are hundreds of good pictures of the diverse types of Valerian.
#5 apple pie on 2014-09-14 20:49 (Reply)
Grows in my garden and reseeds
Image result for Bonariensis flower

Verbena bonariensis Seeds
www.seedaholic.com/verbena-bonariensis-tall-verbena.html
Verbena bonariensis is a very useful plant. This long flowering beauty flaunts its sprays of fragrant flowers from mid to late summer with airy purple flowers on tall ...
#6 Ellen Ungashick on 2014-09-14 21:04 (Reply)
I laugh when I tell people it's Verbena bonariensis. Wish it had a better name. I heard someone on t.v. (P.Allen Smith?) call it Verbena on a stick.

Butterflies absolutely love them.

It's also a see-through plant, and many of mine, for as tall as they are, can be at the front of the border.

Reseeding is a problem, and drastic thinning is necessary. Once you plant it, you may want to cut off some of the seed heads. Otherwise, you'll spend a good deal of time thinning.
#6.1 Lori in IL on 2014-09-15 06:26 (Reply)
Perennial Verbena?
#7 dw on 2014-09-14 21:08 (Reply)
I stand corrected! I'll go with verbena bonaiensis as well.
#8 acairfearann (Link) on 2014-09-14 21:54 (Reply)
It is tall verbena and once you have it you'll always have it. Finches love it. At least they did mine. Reseeds everywhere. Go ahead and get a plant. You'll love it.
#9 shirley in memphis on 2014-09-15 00:57 (Reply)
Yes, Verbena bonariensis

good plant, doesn;t seem to overwinter up here
#10 Bird Dog on 2014-09-15 07:41 (Reply)
Yup, It's V. bonariensis...

Great back of border purple producer with a very long bloom season. It's the stock and trade of semi-arid borders in Coastal California, and SW American high elevation plots.

Combine it with Salvia uliginosa, Rudbeckia lacianata and tall ornamental grasses like Miscanthus 'Stricta' and you've got bobbing collage of vegetative eye-candy!
#11 steveaz on 2014-09-15 14:46 (Reply)
By the way, V. bonariensis offers some great sculpural structure to the garden - its stems branch at regular acute angles which, like bush germander (Teucrium fruticans), are pleasing simply for their precise architecture, with or without flowers decorating their ends.

Treated semi-xeric-ally, V. bonariensis stands rigid and tall. But, when it is situated in too much shade or gets too much water, it sprawls. The one in the photo appears to be flagging and laying on its neighbors too much, indicating that it's planted in part shade, or that it's on a daily dripper...not its ideal staging.
#12 steveaz on 2014-09-15 14:56 (Reply)

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