View Full Version : Can you identify these flowers???
treehugger
05-17-2005, 01:48 PM
??????????????
Herbmama
05-17-2005, 03:03 PM
These are growing next to my front door in an east-facing exposure...it's a sort of cool-ish climate (Zone 4 but borderline could be Zone 3.)
http://storage.msn.com/x1pGg9EMswqL-9ERqj0e01FJ_Q2uTHZAJIlXgJZ6XVRRhdrzLxAQhG4I7y6EE3o m3VNqzE0GUZ2kHxC-yazXhMwsxEhlgpIZZ4oV-eVvZS0SX6DJa5TbsbN2s2tm5PIpWH1MUW1ZFEP_WCjjmZpMpMz og
It's doing so well I'd like to plant more! It came with the house so it must be a perennial.
Kath
No clue what they are, but I recently dug up and divided a buch of those for my mother.
It's a root propagator (bulbs) so depending on how long they've been growing there, you might already have more than you need.
Pedata
05-17-2005, 03:33 PM
Kath, do you have a bigger picture?
Peace,
Cass
kermit
05-17-2005, 03:50 PM
honeysuckle
http://static.redjupiter.com/images/merlynhawk/honeysuckle.jpg
treehugger
05-18-2005, 03:03 AM
Hopefully this link gets you a bigger picture. I have no idea why it came out so small in my post...
treehugger
05-18-2005, 03:04 AM
honeysuckle
http://static.redjupiter.com/images/merlynhawk/honeysuckle.jpg
Close, Kermit, but not quite...the leaves are sort of like grass, really skinny. I posted a larger picture so it should be easier to see, now..
Kath
LIBRA
05-18-2005, 05:41 AM
Almost looks like a white crocus?? but the flowers petals are smaller, hmmm got me wondering. I love flowers I am having sooo much fun this year outside owning my own house!!
Pedata
05-18-2005, 09:37 AM
I found something similiar in my North American Wildlife book. Stargrass. There's also a yellow variety.
It's not really a grass, but a member of the lily family.
I could be wrong, but it's the closest I can find.
Peace
treehugger
05-18-2005, 02:13 PM
It looks similar to that yellow stargrass, but I think this isn't a wildflower...somebody obviously planted it here. Plus, I'm not totally sure that stargrass would survive as a perennial this far north..
I couldn't find a picture of the white stuff? I tried googling "white stargrass" but the pictures I'm coming up with looks totally different..
Kath
kermit
05-18-2005, 02:29 PM
Close, Kermit, but not quite...the leaves are sort of like grass, really skinny. I posted a larger picture so it should be easier to see, now..
Kath
now that I see the bigger picture I see I was mistaken
I have no clue what they are???
treehugger
05-18-2005, 05:14 PM
Not normally in my area (wisconsin)...but I'll be damned if this isn't it....
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LIBRA
05-19-2005, 05:53 AM
Sweet!! I looked too and nothing was the same, close but not the same!!
Dead Fan
05-19-2005, 02:25 PM
Dont know what they are but love that honeysuckle smell.
shellbug
06-10-2005, 07:02 PM
My mom and grandma had these and called them Star of Bethlehem or Star of Jerusalem - I can't ask them which they have both passed on - but maybe that will help. I found some in my yard a couple of weeks ago.
shellbug
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