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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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 Posted - Jul 21 2012 : 4:24:42 PM
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Can anyone help me identify this flower growing in my yard? A neighbor gave me some shoots several years ago, and I've totally forgotten what she called them. They are super tall, over 6 feet, and in a couple of weeks they will be bowed down to the ground under the weight of their own blooms. Look how they tower over the black eyed susans! I love them, but I probably ought to move them to a shadier location to keep them from growing so high. Maybe next year...
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kysheeplady
True Blue Farmgirl
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Teri
KY
USA
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Posted - Jul 21 2012 : 4:41:35 PM
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Hard to tell but it looks like what they call a perennial sunflower
Teri
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 22 2012 : 09:49:26 AM
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The salks of the flowers resemble our sunflowers, but ours are mammoth size.
Marly
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Jul 24 2012 : 3:49:43 PM
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| Yeah, it does look a little like the sunflowers you see growing wild along roadsides in some places. But there is no "center" to the flowers, the petals form a ball (more like a peony). I know my neighbor told me the name, and it didn't have "sunflower" in it. But she's moved away, so I may never find it again. I just wish I could stop calling them "those tall, yellow things." |
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Bellepepper
True Blue Farmgirl
1207 Posts
Belle
Coffeyville
KS
USA
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Posted - Jul 29 2012 : 1:33:17 PM
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Check the garden catalogs. Maybe you can find it's name.
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shelbyc
True Blue Farmgirl
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shannon
murdale
british columbia
Canada
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Posted - Aug 06 2012 : 4:12:48 PM
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I think it looks like Globeflower. I had some too and I looked it up in Lois Hole's "Perennial Favorites" The Latin name is Trollius europaeus.She says they like partial shade and rich moist soil, yours are very pretty.
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