A couple of weeks ago I noticed a multi stalk plant emerging from my lawn. I was intrigued becaue with so many stalks it loooked like some sort of established perennial emerging. However, we mow the lawn regularly so it didn't get very high last year, besides we didn't notice it. Subsequently we found a few, smaller versions coming up in a nearby annual bed. As we cultivate the bed each fall and spring, an unlikely place for a perennial plant. The plants look too big and robust to have come from seed? The ones in the lawn are now about 23cm high and the smaller one in the bed about 18cm. The plants are a bit young yet to identify, but I sure would like to know what they are and whether they have any garden value. Richard Guttormson Ottawa, Canada
I agree with the id by Ron B. The plant spreads by underground stems. It can grow quite well in pots. I have a couple of species, E. gigantea and E. palustris, in pots and they definitely look like yours. One gigantea is flowering at this time. One question I would appreciate knowing is in the image 2a-detail what is that little soft leaved plant growing in the bottom right hand corner??? I have one in a bog and would appreciate knowing. Thanks.
Probably should be in a new thread, but I don't think that's a viola. Looks more like Erigeron annuus.
How tall is that? I can't help but think of the small pansies, the Johnny Jump Ups. When it flowers you will know for sure.
I don't think it is either. Here is some more info since this is getting started. It is growing in sphagnum. Apparently either from seed or a piece of stem that came in the bale of sphagnum that I got from New York. I am presuming that it is from a either a New York bog or a Canadian bog. There are several sedges that have grown up from seed that are overshadowing this plant. There are two plants of this species. Hopefully later this month or in July I will be lifting most of the sedges out of my sphagnum bog and probably one of these as well. If anyone is an expert or is knowledgeable about N.E. USA or Canadian sedges please let me know as all I can do is speculate to genera but I do and can make images of these plants that I have never ever seen before! Incidentally I believe that 2 birches are growing up out of the bog plus some unid woody plant but ??
Viola is Pansy Pansy are derived from cross breeding of Viola altaica, Viola cornuta, Viola lutea and Viola tricolour. = Viola x wittrockiana cultivars (Pansy)
