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Posted: May/06/2008 3:11 PM PST
Hello  I have found a really lovely little plant -- a few of them. My neighbors are snowbirds and won't be back until June, so I have been getting their yard picked up a bit and I also cleaned out her front planter. My neighbor had put some Salvia (I think) in there last year and so I pulled the leaves out and cut off the dead parts and have given it water and it seems to be coming back well for her Right around the base of her planter -- this plant is growing. I don't recall seeing it last year though -- maybe this is native? We're in North Carolina -- zone 6 It has gorgeous, lush, velvet feeling leaves... no idea what the flower will look like, but it really is so pretty -- does anyone have any idea what this is? Attachments:     |
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Posted: May/06/2008 3:38 PM PST
It looks like Lamb's Ear, I am not familiar w/ the plant at all though. Cute name
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Posted: May/06/2008 3:55 PM PST
I just looked up Lamb's Ear online and that might be the winner -- it looks a lot like it! Most of the sites said it did not flower, but one said there were pink flowers in mid-summer, I'll keep watching it. All sites said it did well in full sun and sadly all I have in my own yard is lots and lots of shade -- looks like I might just have to enjoy it in the neighbor's yard! |
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Posted: May/06/2008 6:47 PM PST
It reminds me of the basal leaves of Rose Campion. |
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Posted: May/07/2008 3:21 AM PST
It doesn't look like lamb's ears to me. It's not gray enough or fuzzy enough, but then again I could be wrong. Yes, it does send up a flower spike. It's not the flower, but the foliage that we go for. I meant to dig up a piece from my mom, but I forgot about it. Then again, I don't remember seeing it. She's had it for years and years, but I can't get it to grow at my place. My girlfriend has some, and I might get some from her and try it again. |
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Posted: May/07/2008 8:20 AM PST
Hmmmm... I'm not sure either now, I looked up rose campion and it also looks like this... Here are the pictures I found. The first is lambs ear and the second is rose campion -- I think I'll have to wait and see if this one blooms and maybe use the flower to determine which it might be
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Posted: May/07/2008 8:33 AM PST
The lamb's ear is very common in our part of the country, April. |
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Posted: May/07/2008 10:19 AM PST
Well, it sure is pretty I didn't see it in Florida, I don't think.
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Posted: May/07/2008 10:28 AM PST
I am pretty sure that is a rose campion. I will post a pix. |
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Posted: May/08/2008 8:08 PM PST
My rose campion is magenta colored. I love them. Attachments:  |
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