I'm looking to my readers to solve two mysteries for me. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Sister E. added this to my garden last year. It blooms now (late July to August). Its delicate blossom is 3" across. Its foliage is similar to blackberry lily and toad lily. I'm quite certain it is of the iridaceae (iris) family. I'm a-swoon over it but would LOVE to know the exact name.
This is my moonflower. It shows off huge trumpets at night, just beneath my trellis. By the end of the season it will have filled in the base of the trellis with a blossom-loaded vine. I had this annual once before and it released a heavenly scent which made sitting in the night garden most pleasurable. The descriptions usually boast about the scent. But this year's purchase has all the aromatic allure of
styrofoam. Next year I want to be sure I get the variety with the added bonus of perfume. Anyone know if there are two different descriptions for this and what I should look for next year?
for the first question...it might possibably be a ...walking iris..??? check and see..cant' see enough of the picture to tell...
ReplyDeleteSue ..Cookie's southern Virginia friend...
Thanks for the input, Sue. I looked up walking iris - another one I had never heard of. I didn't see it in the color I have (burgundy and gold) and the petals are different. But I love learning about new plants!
ReplyDeletethe walking iris has foliage like a regular iris but the blooms come out on a stem like "thingy" that has several iris like blooms...most of the time that I see it ...it is an indoor potted plant...not sure whether it will grow outside. Like you I love to discover new flowers....the more the meerier....happy flowers, Sue
DeleteLauri-ann, I have in my garden the Blackberry Lily (belamcanda chinensis) and it looks a little different than yours in that mine is speckled. Yours looks more to be "unspeckled." I'm pretty sure my local nursery sells both the speckled and unspeckled version of this pretty flower. I plan on stopping there this weekend and I'll see if I can find the name of your mystery flower.
ReplyDeleteLauri-ann, How about Pardancanda norrisii??
ReplyDeleteOak Tree, BINGO! That's it! Thank you so much.
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