I made another trip to Gilroy Gardens today with my granddaughter. I took lots and lots of flower photos as usual! I was able to ID all of them except for these. I know my smart Gather friends will be able to help me out. I have also included a Moth and 2 plants.
Flower #1. It's so bright and beautiful, does anyone know it?
Flower #2. Could it be an Impatien? It's not very big.
Flower #3. Maybe a Peony?
Flower #4. Reminds me of a Bleeding Heart, but I don't think it is.
Flower #5. It's such a beautiful shade of Purple.
#6 Unknown Plant, I think it's tropical
#7 Mystery Plant. Anyone know what this is? Possibly in the Coleus family?
#8 Last but not least, how about this beautiful little Moth... Anyone know it?
Thank you all for looking at these for me! I depend on my Gather Connections a lot!
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but they sure are purty ;-)
http://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/Blue%20Purple%20Enlarged%20Photo%20Pages/campanula.htm
5. common harebells
No idea on the others...sorry~
yes, and impatien and 4 is a fuschia
5, I think is Morning Glory or rather, Forget-Me-nots
I think I have seen #7 for sale in grocery stores. I know it isn't a coleus.
Not at all sure of the moth. Very pretty though isn't it?
Nice flowere though...
But, I could be wrong. It's been about a hundred years since I learned which is which...
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They all are very pretty, - love the colors!
#2 is Dianthus
Thats all I know heh
Beautiful photographs!
1. & 4. 1s definitely Aquilegia (columbine) a genus of about 60-70 species of herbaceous perennial plants that are found in meadows, woodlands, and at higher altitudes throughout the Northern Hemisphere
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquilegia
2. is Dianthus a genus of about 300 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianthus
3. Peony but more specifically Paeonia lactiflora, or Chinese Peony ( or in Chinese; pinyin: sháo or bái sháo; bái is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Paeoniaceae
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paeonia_lactiflora
5. The Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) is a short to medium, slender, hairless, rhizomatous perennial in the bellflower family
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harebell
6. Hosta (syn.: Funkia) is a genus of about 23–40 species of lily-like plants native to northeast Asia. They were once classified in the family Liliaceae but are now included in the family Agavaceae
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosta
7 I am sorry but isually chemical analysis is necessary to be certain of the identity of non-flowering milfoil plants it is definitely not in the coleus family
The moth us not a moth but a Chalcedon Checkerspot Butterfly
http://www.laspilitas.com/butterflies/Butterflies_and_Moths/Checkerspots/Chalcedon_checkerspots.htm
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/Wildseed/38/38.1.html
Morning glory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_glory
Forget me not
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forget_me_not
Impatiens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impatien
Tiger Lily
http://www.holoweb.com/cannon/tigerlil.htm
fuchia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuchsia
I don't know the names of any of them, but they're pretty!
I knew the columbine, and blue bells, but was stumped on the others.
HUGS, Bill
I think most of your questions are answered but I'll give you mine:
1. columbine
2. rose campion or Lychnis coronaria
3. peony
4. columbine again
5. campanula I think it's peached leaved bellfower Campanula persicifolia hard to tell by the angle. If it was taken looking staight down on the plant, I"m pretty sure that's it.
6. Hosta
7. Yep - something tropical - out of my expertise.
Lovely photos of everything!
2. The single flower per stem and fuzziness of the leaves lead me to believe this is a Lychnis, a Rose Campion.
3. Peony, of course.
4. Aquilegia or Columbine
5. Looks like a campanula or harebell
6. I'm positive it's a Hosta. I have over 125 varieties so I should know. :-) And it's not tropical, it grows here in Illinois, and since I checked the last time, we are not in the tropics. Yet.
7. Now, that's tropical plant, I'm pretty certain. I don't know the name but we grow them as houseplants here.
8. Sorry, I can't identify moths/ butterflies.
6.
Bobbi K is spot on and #7 is a type of croton, a tropical shrub.
I don't know what the others are either.
Good luck in finding out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silene_coronaria
They are very close though because Rose Campion and the Dianthus pictured above are in the same family & order
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Order: Caryophyllales
Carnation or Pink Family
Members of the Caryophyllaceae have opposite narrow leaves, swollen nodes, and bilobed or ("pinked") petals. . The species are all annual or perennial herbs and include many garden ornamentals such as Dianthus (carnations, pinks), &), Lychnis (rose campion),
This link has both Rose Campion & Dianthus judge for your self. THe dianthus above is one of the pink varities
http://www.geimers.com/plantmaterial/perennials.html
I am trying to be more specific it could be Dianthus arenarius which looks so much like a rose campion
http://www.robsplants.com/plants/DiantArena.php
or a Dianthus gratianopolitanus
http://www.robsplants.com/plants/DiantGrati.php both of these bloom in May
IT is May when Dianthus blooms but the rose campiuona bloom more in june/july
1. Columbine
2. Rose Campion
3. Peony
4. Columbine
5. Balloon Flower (Campanula carpatica / carpathian harebell)
6. Hosta
But I must say, you have some beautiful pictures here. I could recognize Flower #7 only I have that in my garden, but don't know its name.
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The fuzzy leaves and stems are characteristics of a Rose Campion. Dianthus plants have longer and more elongated, clean, unfuzzy leaves; the stems feature multi-blossoms instead of the single-bloom-on-a-stem as shown in picture#2.
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Rose Campion pictures
Dianthus
I am not positive but I think #7 is an Aucuba... common name: Japanese Laurel or Spotted Laurel
AUCUBA