Garden Game #42

[herasday]

1. Perennial plant that flowers mid to late summer
2. About three feet tall
3. member of the iris family...but the common name would suggest a different family
4. Native to central Asia, India, China and Japan, it now has a range in the US over the eastern half of the U.S.
5. flower color ranges from yellow to orange, with darker (often crimson) speckles

[debrac69]

blackberry lily?

[Dog Mom]

tiger lillies?

[herasday]

Blackberry lily it is, Debra. Take it away!!

Active Players' Scores:
Mother Nature - 170
Herasday - 150
Xanda - 109
Ike - 95
GAAG - 84
Danaus29 - 65
tsmith - 58
Pburgh - 29
Crabgrass - 14
Rebecka (Dog Mom) - 11
debra69 - 12
Shipwash - 6
rebeccajane - 5
Krandy - 5
Samiam - 3
Father Time - 3
Del - 1

[debrac69]

Thanks Dee.

Next plant ~

1 ~ annual or herbaceous perennial but most grow annuals

[herasday]

impatiens?

[debrac69]

Next plant ~

1 ~ annual or herbaceous perennial but most grow annuals
2 ~ the seed heads remind me of airy, but prickly, pom poms ~ and I'm sure collecting lots of seeds this year from my annual variety!

[Dog Mom]

I can remember seeds that look like that -- were they cosmos??

[debrac69]

You got it Rebecka!! I got my sulphureus cosmos from Muskie and I just love their bright orange color. I don't normally do well growing from seed but I had such luck with Muskies seeds that it helped me branch out. The seeds are easy for Joey to help harvest and they are so plentiful that I don't mind when he drops 10 ~ or even 50!

Active Players' Scores:
Mother Nature - 170
Herasday - 150
Xanda - 109
Ike - 95
GAAG - 84
Danaus29 - 65
tsmith - 58
Pburgh - 29
Crabgrass - 14
Rebecka (Dog Mom) - 12
debra69 - 12
Shipwash - 6
rebeccajane - 5
Krandy - 5
Samiam - 3
Father Time - 3
Del - 1

[Dog Mom]

Debra, I never saw the orange variety -- it must be pretty. I always have had the purple, pink, and white ones. And the seeds are easy to harvest -- kind of fun! Rebecka

Next plant:

Has been cultivated since the 17th century, so there are many cultivares.