looking for the name of a plant
By Bushy1099
Hi have have a plant growing in my garden and would like to buy some more but do not know the name of it. i think it is a hardy perennial with large almost fern like leaves and pink bell shaped flowers with a yellow center and it forms a long thin seeds pod
4 Aug, 2009
Answers
Like SBG I'd need at pix to id
4 Aug, 2009
Dicentra spectabilis springs to mind, and it does produce a long thin seed pod if they get fertilised though as said above, a photo would be best.
4 Aug, 2009
I'd thought that but the yellow centre doesnt fit with the dicentras that i grow.
4 Aug, 2009
Hi it's not a dicentra i know that plant.. It was in flower in june and as you can see it is coming to an end now . the flowers hung down and were on a single spike with three flowers on the end. It was not very tall mybe 2ft but i think it is a young plant so i don't know if it will get any bigger.
yes i have saved the seeds and will give that a go but it would be nice to be able to put a name to it
4 Aug, 2009
Looks like a Peony... though I'm not sure of the 'bell shaped' flowers. If it is the seed pod will split open to show finger nail sized black seeds. It is a fully herbaceous perennial. From seed to flowering plant can take up to five years. Nope can't find a Peony with a bell shaped flower so I'm probably wrong... Peonys have flowers that look more like a rose - sigh. Bell shaped flowers sounds like a Rhododendron but those are not Rhodo. leaves.
4 Aug, 2009
sorry I cant help. I cant visualise it at all and i dont recognise the leaf either.
4 Aug, 2009
Hello....is the leaf in the centre hanging down or growing up?.....If it had a single flower spike upwards of the leaf, could it have been a Lily?
4 Aug, 2009
Janey - read the original question...
4 Aug, 2009
Aha! Now we have a picture....I think it just might be an Incarvillea, in fact I know it is as I have grown it myself many years ago. It needs planting in the ground as it has a huge deep root that will not appreciate being stuck in a pot for long.
4 Aug, 2009
Well done Fractal!
5 Aug, 2009
Ah, then the picture is of a much smaller plant than I first thought. Is the dark bit near to the top of the picture a black plant pot?
If so then I can match the leaves and the description to Incarvilliea as suggested by Fractal.
5 Aug, 2009
That is the snag with close up digital photography - you need a size guide!
5 Aug, 2009
Welcome to GoY. I have a series of questions for you
is it in flower now? any chance of a photo to help? Do the flowers stand up or hang down? How tall is the plant? I cant imagine it at all. but others may well recognize your description.
Have you tried collecting the seed from it and growing them yourself.
4 Aug, 2009