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Garden Gate:  What is this flower?  |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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 Posted - Aug 18 2012 : 4:06:30 PM
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Does any one know what kind of flower this is? We've gone through two floods, ever since, I find these beautiful looking flowers growing in the lake or even in the fence areas of the yard. This flower is so pretty, I just have no idea what it is.
I know before the last flood, one of my neighbors had his yard done by this fancy gardener.
I do believe that is where all these flowers are coming from.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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LadyInRed
True Blue Farmgirl
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PeggyAnn
Vancouver
WA
USA
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Posted - Aug 18 2012 : 4:47:42 PM
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I don't know but I think it is beautiful!!! Did it just come up as a volunteer (left by birds)?
I would dig it up and transplant it in my flower bed and hope it comes back up...with more pretty
blooms next year.
Keep us posted if you find out!
Hugs and Smiles,
peggy
Farmgirl #1326
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Aug 18 2012 : 5:20:46 PM
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I don't know what the flower is but there is something growing behind it that looks a bit familiar.
Kris
Happiness is simple.
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 18 2012 : 5:31:06 PM
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The flower is on a island in the lake behind the house. I would go dig it up, but I need someone to watch for alligators. LOL
There were three of those flowers, but I only see one now. I love the red color.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
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Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
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Posted - Aug 18 2012 : 8:02:17 PM
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It is a very pretty flower; but, I don't know what it is either. I do agree with Kris though..there is something about that plant behind the flower. hmmmm.
Farmgirl sister #3926
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
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AnnieinIdaho
True Blue Farmgirl
437 Posts
Annie
ID
USA
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Posted - Aug 18 2012 : 8:55:31 PM
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Ha! I agree and perhaps the red flower was planted as a marker like in X marks the spot. The flower looks like some kind of a tulip to me. I will search the internet to see if I can come up with a match. The flower is very pretty.
Annie
"The turnings of life seldom show a sign-post; or rather, though the sign is always there, it is usually placed some distance back, like the notices that give warning of a bad hill or a level railway-crossing." Edith Wharton, 1913 from 'The Custom of the Country'. |
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LadyInRed
True Blue Farmgirl
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PeggyAnn
Vancouver
WA
USA
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Posted - Aug 19 2012 : 12:28:27 AM
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I too noticed what was growing behind that flower but didn't mention it. Maybe you girls are
right...Maybe The Red Flower is to mark the spot (for future harvest)...LOL
hugs,
peggy
Farmgirl #1326
http://ladyinredsite.blogspot.com
"Leave Your Cares Behind...Join Us On The Porch"
"I'm only as strong as the caffeine I drink, the hair-spray I use and the Girlfriends that I have."
When I was a lonely wallflower, Jesus asked me to dance. Then he asked me to be His! |
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summer girl
Farmgirl in Training
45 Posts
summer
llano
tx
USA
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Posted - Aug 19 2012 : 06:20:46 AM
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It looks very tropical, like a hybiscis flower. As for the plant behind it, if you try to use it for anything other than rope you will be sorly disapointed.
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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kysheeplady
True Blue Farmgirl
1291 Posts
Teri
KY
USA
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Posted - Aug 19 2012 : 09:20:42 AM
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LoL ... Flash back to the 70's!
Teri
"There are black sheep in every flock"
White Sheep Farm
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edlund33
True Blue Farmgirl
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Marilyn
Renton
WA
USA
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Posted - Aug 19 2012 : 11:45:41 AM
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Marly, can you get a photo of the leaves and the base of the plant? I can't tell from the photo if it is a single stem like a tulip or lily bulb or if it is a bloom on a larger plant or vine. That might help to narrow down which plant family it is. It sure is a beautiful flower.
By the way the plant in the background has a complex leaf so it definitely is not what others have suggested.
Cheers! ~ Marilyn
Farm Girl No. 1100
http://blueskyanddaisies.blogspot.com
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 19 2012 : 12:07:09 PM
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There are cat tails on the small island. Maybe that is what y'all are seeing.
Thanks for the replies.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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Dorinda
True Blue Farmgirl
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Dorinda
St. Cloud
Florida
USA
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Posted - Aug 19 2012 : 1:28:20 PM
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I think it might an off spring that developed from the happy plant.....LOL
Seize The Day!
Dorinda |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 19 2012 : 1:58:44 PM
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There is a cypress tree on the island, and palmetto's. I looked again, but I think it's the cat tails everyone is wondering about. When it dries up outside, I'll take another picture and post it.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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oldbittyhen
True Blue Farmgirl
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tina
quartz hill
ca
USA
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Posted - Aug 19 2012 : 2:03:26 PM
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its a "Day Lily"...
"Knowlege is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad" |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 19 2012 : 3:25:33 PM
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My dear Friend, I do believe you may be right! The neighbors in question did go to the Day Lily Festival every year and come back with several of them.
HOWEVER, question first? Are they called Day Lilies because they bloom for one day? I have no idea. Anywho.... this flower is in continual bloom.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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oldbittyhen
True Blue Farmgirl
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tina
quartz hill
ca
USA
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Posted - Aug 19 2012 : 5:23:01 PM
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each flower that blooms (and as the plant get larger/more mature thru the years it will have on going blooms over the season), only lasts one day, i.e. "day lily"...they come in several solid colore, as well as bi-colors, I love them, easy to grow anywhere, when the flowers stop, turn yellow and die back, you can dig up the clump and transplant, when the clump gets real big, you can also divide it into several smaller clumps to spread the joy...
"Knowlege is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad" |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 19 2012 : 5:49:24 PM
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Thank you very much for that information, Friend.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
5116 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
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Posted - Aug 19 2012 : 7:31:17 PM
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It is a Hardy Hibiscus! Nothing like the Tropical one, that you get at Garden centers, That last only 1 season,These come back every year!!! Here is a pic of mine,from 1 week ago. One of my older friends shared some with me this year! My granny had these growing everywhere in her yard, in the 1960's when I was a little girl. They are Beautiful! So easy to transplant and grow, if over watered the leaves turn yellow. 
Imagine....#3392 |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 19 2012 : 8:29:10 PM
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Thank you, Connie. I'll have to put on my boots, and go out there with gun in hand, and dig those flowers up!
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
5116 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
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Posted - Aug 19 2012 : 8:37:00 PM
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Yes mam! You do that! you will be glad you did!! I have a white one too!! Here's a pic. my friend brought me mine, just a handful in a milk jug of water and I planted them in April and they have grown about 5 times the size since then! I watered with Miracle grow just once since April!
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
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Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
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Posted - Aug 19 2012 : 8:38:14 PM
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The White one is growing in the middle of the red ones, see how the leaves look a little different.
Imagine....#3392 |
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
5116 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
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Posted - Aug 19 2012 : 8:42:37 PM
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 This all from about 6 stems, a foot tall, when she gave them to me.
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LadyInRed
True Blue Farmgirl
6740 Posts
PeggyAnn
Vancouver
WA
USA
6740 Posts |
Posted - Aug 20 2012 : 12:24:05 AM
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Connie...I love Hybiscus but that flower Marly is talking about looks too pointy petaled
to be a Hybiscus. The have very rounded petals.
I don't think it is a day lily either...but I don't know exactly what it is.
hugs,
peggy
Farmgirl #1326
http://ladyinredsite.blogspot.com
"Leave Your Cares Behind...Join Us On The Porch"
"I'm only as strong as the caffeine I drink, the hair-spray I use and the Girlfriends that I have."
When I was a lonely wallflower, Jesus asked me to dance. Then he asked me to be His! |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
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CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 20 2012 : 07:58:24 AM
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OK ladies, someone emailed me pointing out that the plant to the left center could be a POT plant.
I have NO idea, I don't know what a POT plant looks like. Maybe that's why the alligators that live in the lake are so aggressive. LOL
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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