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Unknown Campanula

Jun 26, 2009
9 comments

I purchased several of these from Home Depot.  Campanula, for sure.  The cultivar ... no idea as they were unlabeled.  These are double blueish lavendar, about 2.5' (haven't measured...

Japanese Type Peony -- The Cultivar ??

Jun 12, 2009
4 comments

For the life of me, I can not remember the name of this culitvar.  It's blooming now -- zone 5b, Maine.  I would say it's an earlier blooming peony as all of my others are still in bud...

More Photos from My Maine Garden

May 5, 2009

More photos from a coastal Maine Garden.

May Flowers in a Maine Garden

May 3, 2009

There's something about the color of May blooms I find so cheerful and needed after a long Maine winter - taking photographs is pure joy.  

Spring in Maine ..

Apr 30, 2009

More of my Maine garden..

A Few Photos from Maine

Feb 11, 2009

From my backyard in Maine


Recent comments


Re: Unknown Campanula

Thanks for all of the comments, it's fun trying to figure out a puzzle. This is a campanula cultivar, no doubt. I knew that when I posted, just trying to determine which one. Still thinking "La Belle".

posted: 12:56 pm on July 2nd  

Re: Unknown Campanula

Thank you .. looks like lisianthus, but I do think it's campanula .. "La Belle". I had seen the photos online, but the color was off -- darker than mine, and shorter. However, after looking again, and finding more images, I think you are correct. La Belle, nice to meet you.

posted: 7:02 pm on June 29th  

Re: Rita's Plant

This looks like Browallia to me (in annual in my neck of the woods) ..

Here's a bit more info:

SPECIES. Browallia speciosa (major) grows about 18 inches tall as usually grown in pots. The flowers are violet blue, 11/2 inches to 2 inches across.

Browallia elata (demissa) (americana) also has violet-blue flowers but they are about half the size of the above species

posted: 10:35 am on June 29th  

Re: Can anyone tell me what this is?

Reminds me of woodland phlox.

posted: 9:17 pm on June 26th  

Re: help what perennial is this

Tempermental in Zone 5b as well.

posted: 9:06 pm on June 26th  

Re: Japanese Type Peony -- The Cultivar ??

Funny when you answer your own question .. "Scarlet O'Hara."
Now how could I have forgotten that?

posted: 11:22 am on June 13th  

Re: This plant popped up

Definitely "spring blooming" anemone .. they are lovely in mass.

posted: 9:58 am on June 10th  

Re: Flowering tree in nature area/backyard border

Sorry .. meant to clarify .. to be more precise, it's the anther color that seems wrong for a pear .. and again, just based upon the cultivars I am familiar with. Again .. see the images I describe in the previous posting. Good luck .. mysteries can be so fun !

posted: 1:26 pm on May 26th  

Re: Flowering tree in nature area/backyard border

I'm thinking this is a crabapple. It's not an ornamental pear as the color of the stamens would not be correct. Some ornamental pears do not produce fruit or if so, they may one year and not the next. I have 2 closeup photos of both an ornamental pear & a crabapple ...

see: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cemaine/

(these can be found in the "Garden Shots") folder .. as of today, near the bottom of the grouping .. right next to purple tulips.

Or, just search my photostream for crabapple ... pear ..

posted: 1:22 pm on May 26th