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leaves with purple on back side

I save cuttings of this every winter and repot in summer. It has tubular lavender flowers and leaves that are green on tops and purple on undersides. I have forgotten the name of it. Can anybody...

Snow along creek in central NC

Ellerbee Creek flows alongside a trail in our neighborhood.

Mysterious yellow-blooming plant--verified: Cassia marilandica

This plant volunteered just behind the curb a couple of years ago. Perennial, it comes back taller each summer. This year it bloomed for the first time on Labor Day.  What is it? It is about...

zen garden

Bench is stone slab on cement block on cement pavers with oriental-style trellis. Planted with hydrangea and impatiens.



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Re: leaves with purple on back side

Duly noted. Thanks, all.

Re: Red Veined Leaves Turn from green to reddish bronze

Celosia.

Re: leaves with purple on back side

I see the similarity, but that's not it. The leaves of my mystery plant are soft, velvety, green on top and purple on bottom. It's a multi-syllable name, not Tradescantia, but something along those lines. I can't find it anywhere on Google.
Also note that the flowers come out of spade-shaped purple pillows. It is a sun-lover, and is blooming furiously right now. I am irked that I can't recall the name--I repot it each summer from cuttings, and it grows rapidly to the huge specimen you see in the photo. Also, in the bottom photo, I showed the purple underside of the leaf.

Re: please help identify this plant

It does look like bamboo. Ugh. I have dwarf bamboo in my side yard--it has migrated from the neighbor's side yard. The "side shoots" run underground in long, thick horizontal roots--the new plants pop up along the way. I am still trying to get rid of mine though the neighbors eradicated theirs.

Re: flower or weed?

Could it be borage?

Re: Mystery blue plant

It's a delphinium.

Re: Can this tree be saved? Is there another way to protect the house?

I would never remove a specimen that large. I think it will eventually fill out. Trees have a way of looking out for themselves, and this one is relieved its neighbor is gone. You might want to watch it for signs of infestation as it recovers; also remove any dead or broken branches.

Re: Help me plant this partial sun/shade planter at the entrance to my home

Pink and red impatiens along and just inside the wall. About 14 of them would give the desired effect. These would brighten up the shady area and give a blast of color to this rather bland setting.

Re: Pick the next cover of Fine Gardening

Why is the survey "currently closed"?

Re: Snowy Night

Interesting Renaissance-like colors, as in Da Vinci or Rembrandt.

Re: Puffs of snow on an azalea

Lovely.

Re: Frosted Berries

Tres beau, l'arbre.

Re: Frost on the Cabbage

Wow.

Re: The Orchard in Winter

Fantastic.

Re: frosty

He'll be back one day!

Re: Winter Nature and Garden

Looks like the fairies' castle.

Re: First Winter Storm

Fabulous white on black. Great photo.

Re: Backyard Pergola in winter

Shivery. Great photo.

Re: Winter in the Garden of Good and Evil

The way I feel in this snow-crust! Great photo.

Re: Forgotten tomato

That tells the tale of summer to winter. A great photo.

Re: Buyer Beware

I also bought an Eastern redbud at half price several years ago, and it is hale and hardy--quite tall now, so it's not always the case that the stock is bad. Just pick and choose.

Re: Buyer Beware

I agree you have to be wary, because the big-box hardware nurseries do not water their plants consistently; nevertheless, I bought four boxwoods at Lowe's in November three years ago and they have been just excellent.

Re: Strange Fruited plant

This definitely looks like quince, which is a hard pear-like fruit that can be used to make jam. The tree is 5-8 meters tall? Spring blooms white or pink? In the Middle East, the seeds are soaked in water to produce a liquid drunk for sore throat. In Europe, quince trees are grown mixed with apple and other fruit trees.

Re: Strange Fruited plant

Quince?

Re: Mysterious yellow-blooming plant--verified: Cassia marilandica

OK, CoolGreen, you are correct; it is Cassia marilandica.
And, yes, it is the Maryland Senna or wild senna. I suppose it IS evergreen there in Santa Barbara; of course, it would not be here, since we have frost and freezes. Thanks for your guidance on this--I just had it verified by a local plantsman--Tony Avent.

Re: Mysterious yellow-blooming plant--verified: Cassia marilandica

Well, thanks, but the peanut has four pinnate leaves on each branch. This plant has way more than that. I just checked it, and it's about five feet tall now, and three or four feet in diameter. Any more ideas?

Re: Mysterious yellow-blooming plant--verified: Cassia marilandica

Zone 7--NC. Cassia is evergreen, with thicker leaves, I think.
It does resemble Cassia, but has thin, flat leaves. This plant dies back each fall, then returns in summer. The blooms do look like those of Cassia, though.

Re: Can anyone tell me what this is?

Yes, it's Dames Rocket.