Wednesday, 24 June 2020

Amaryllis and a Mystery Plant







 One of my Amaryllis that bloomed back in January or February decided to bloom again. It's a surprise but we're enjoying the 4 lovely big flowers.


Below is a picture of a mystery plant that popped up in the front garden. It's about 5' tall and has flowers which strongly resemble those of the Peach-leaved Bellflower (Campanula Persicifolia)
but the leaves are very different and the height is beyond what it would be.


Here's a close-up of the leaves.


On the left there's a leaf and a flower from the unknown one; the one on the right is a leaf and bloom of the Peach-leaved Campanula.


If anyone has an idea what my plant is I'd like to hear about it.  It's not a particularly nice-looking plant, too rangy, but still it's nice to know what exactly it is.


Thanks for visiting,  G.M.

10 comments:

  1. https://dorsetperennials.co.uk/comparisons/genus/campanula-bellflowers-detail/
    This site has so many examples of the Campanula, and your plant does look like one of that variety.

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  2. I pointed my Seek app at the screen and it immediately told me, "Nettle-leaved Bellflower" ! It's very dramatic, isn't it, so tall and slender like that...

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  3. Wonderful summer-flowers! I'm sorry, I cannot identify the strange flower. I like bell-flowers very much, I have blue and white bell-flowers in my garden.

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  4. Sorry can't help. Tired to take a picture of your picture with the Plant Snap app on my phone but it kept coming up with answers that looked nothing like your plant!!

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  5. It does look like a kind of companula, but not one I am familiar with.

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  6. I don't know much about flowers but I do think it's absolutely beautiful.
    Blessings,
    Betsy

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  7. Very pretty colour but not sure what it is.

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  8. How thrilling to get another flower on your amaryllis. It must be loving the attention you have been giving it :)

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  9. Whatever it is, it's a keeper.

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  10. Perhaps a bird dropped it there, looks like a bellflower of some sort! Your gardens are lovely!! :)

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