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It looks like it should be something but we have no idea what it is. Any info appreciated.
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Take a look under wild geranium, or Cranesbill. There have been different varieties showing up the past ten years or so. Some dwarf, some trailing, and some that are just new colors. Some of the newer trailing varieties bloom all summer instead of just a short period.
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The leaves look identical to that. The flowers and still a question mark for me since the ones here are gone to seed and have that big spike. Even with that, I think wild geranium is a strong possibility. -
If you look on the google photo pages, you will see some of the more mature spike seed pods. -
You will also find that the more sun they get, the more they will look what you are holding in your hand
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some more mature seed pods. It looks kinda cool when the sections of the seedpod pop open and curl towards the top.
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Yep! That's definitely it. Thanks!Bryant...Franklin County, VA...Zone 7a. Wish List: a 32 hour day....more sleepComment
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Wow... this reminds me... I have been trying to figure out what this is for YEARS now. My husband drove back through the Colorado mountains a few years ago, and thought he'd pick up this odd looking little plant he found in the mountains. It was small, had no leaves, but was bright green and really pretty. Fast forward about 4 years and it's spread into a bush, and moving across my yard (to our delight, this thing is TOUGH, and stays green and is gorgeous).
I posted an ID question to Daves Garden's last year, no one had a clue. It's got no leaves, it's a succulent sort of, but thin and spindly. Doesn't match any heather, succulent, tumbleweed searches I've done. Surely someone's seen this before, it grows rediculously easily and is tougher than grass!! What is it???
Bush:
Starting young plant:
Closeup - these are the flowers, but they just stay that way, don't change colors, almost like teensy figs:
The whole thing only gets about 18" tall max, very compact, and grows densely into almost a ball. It's FANTASTIC, among my favorite plants of all time. But what the heck is it? I would love some ideas!!
Want: Marseilles Black, Col de Dame (any), figs that do great in zone 9b (new to figs, so no fig trades, but have other plant types)Comment
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look up whisk fern
PsilotumLast edited by cjmach1973; 07-03-2016, 07:20 PM.Hi my name is Art. I buy fig cuttings-so I can grow more figs-so I can sell more figs-so I can buy more fig cuttings-so I can grow more figs....Comment
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Thank you so much CJ!!!! I would never have thought of looking up ferns! I was looking for things that could grow in Colorado... now I'm guessing that my husband's plant died, and this happened to grow in roughly the same spot, because whisk ferns are tropical and subtropical, so could not have come from Colorado. No wonder I never found it! You have definitely solved a big mystery for me, and also made me feel better that I'm not spreading an invasive species
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Want: Marseilles Black, Col de Dame (any), figs that do great in zone 9b (new to figs, so no fig trades, but have other plant types)Comment
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