Identification: Here's More Plant Identification

Discussion in 'Outdoor Gardening in the Pacific Northwest' started by mark sooke, Jun 23, 2010.

  1. mark sooke

    mark sooke Member

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    I'm learning lots about all the plants on my new property. I hope you don't mind me asking for more help identifying some of them.

    1. A plant with nice bell- like flowers that is growing all over the place. I'm not sure if it is a weed or a self-seeding flower. It is about 2 feet tall

    2. pink flower about a 12 inches tall.

    3. Very bright purple-pink flower about 12 inches tall. I'm not sure if it is a different variety of the same plant as 2.

    4. Very large leaves on a low growing plant growing on the edge of the woodland.

    5. Very common weed vine growing all over with purple flowers. I don't know what it is called.

    6. This picture is not very good. The plant has lots of tiny light blue flowers on long thin stocks.

    7. Two photos of a bush growing on the edge of the woodland. It is about 5 feet tall with lots of sprays of very tiny flowers. I think it is a common native plant as I have seen a number of them around Sooke.
     

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  2. lorax

    lorax Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    1. Aquilegia spp. (Columbines) - these are only a weed if you think they are. Most people cultivate them.
    2. I want to say Penstemon
    5. Vetch of some sort. It's a horribly invasive plant; I normally pull it up when I find it.
     
  3. woodschmoe

    woodschmoe Active Member 10 Years

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    #4 is Vanilla Leaf, Achlys triphylla...dried out, the leaves smell strongly of vanilla.

    #7 looks like ocean spray Holodiscus discolor.
     
  4. Ron B

    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    Probably A. vulgaris
    Dianthus barbatus
    Same
    Achlys
    Vetch
    Myosotis
    Holodiscus
     
  5. mark sooke

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    Thanks for everyone's help. Ron, I am impressed with your extensive knowledge of plants. Thanks for sharing it.
     
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    3. looks very much like "oeillet de poète" in French, which means "poet's carnation" ; sweet William in English, very sweet indeed and sweet perfume. I love them and got some in my garden.
     
  7. Ron B

    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    With all the crossing that has been done with Dianthus it's possible the third one it not a pure D. barbatus, otherwise the dense round head terminating the main stem is characteristic of that species.
     

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