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Babelfish Administrator Small Fry with Ketchup Posts: 6833 Kudos: 8324 Votes: 1570 Registered: 17-Apr-2003	Hey guys, I've realized I don't know nearly as many plants as I thought I did. This was growing as a ground cover type plant in our rental, I'd taken a cutting and it started rooting so I'd planted in our windowbox a while later, I'd just pulled it out (it got much much larger! and I wanted to know where to plant it in the gardens in the new place, but I don't know if it's a sun lover, shade lover or drought tolerant . It's got rather pale flowers right now, but they do tend to a deeper blue almost purple lavender color Any help?
Posted 01-Jul-2009 04:21
Kellyjhw Big Fish My bubble... Posts: 405 Kudos: 217 Votes: 471 Registered: 22-Nov-2008	From the looks... I'd say it's related to the "morning glory". Does the buds look like square balloons just before they bloom? If so, its a "balloon flower". I'd have to look up the specific name. I have some in the front yard. I tend to keep the tags for at least a year or two, before my husband and kids find a way to destroy them. TTFN --->Ta-Ta-For-Now Kelly ;o}
Posted 01-Jul-2009 06:15
Babelfish Administrator Small Fry with Ketchup Posts: 6833 Kudos: 8324 Votes: 1570 Registered: 17-Apr-2003	nup no square balloons, not quite the same flower type as a morning glory, leaves are very oval shaped. I did try looking for it on a google images search, didn't get very far with that. ^_^
Posted 01-Jul-2009 08:52
superlion Mega Fish Posts: 1246 Kudos: 673 Votes: 339 Registered: 27-Sep-2003	Edited by superlion The leaves are definitely not right for a morning glory or balloon flower. This picture doesn't give me enough information to even try to identify it. I probably don't know it anyway, but, I'd need a better look at the leaf arrangement and the flower (especially the inside) and it would help to know if it's woody or herbaceous (from the picture it looks woody). There are thousands, if not millions, of species of plants in the world, but those criteria would at least help narrow it down. ><>
Posted 02-Jul-2009 18:08
FRANK Moderator Posts: 5108 Kudos: 5263 Votes: 1690 Registered: 28-Dec-2002	Hi Babel There are several books published in the format of the Audubon Field Guides. The flower book shows pictures of plants arranged by type of stem and color of the flower. It would be an easy thing to thumb through the book to the color of the flowers and then page through those color pictures till you find your flower. There should be a similar publication for OZ. Frank -->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<--
Posted 03-Jul-2009 00:41


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