June 1, 2012

It the first day of June!    My plants are thriving now, and it’s a hopeful time in the garden!!!    June’s monthly garden tasks have been posted for your perusal…..

flower

Anybody know what this is?

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Elle June 1, 2012 at 11:22 pm

I love the mystery plant game! Is it salpiglossis? (it has some funny other name too–Old man’s tongue or something. Beautiful flower!

Leslie Crawford June 2, 2012 at 2:56 pm

Hi Elle,

I think you’re right. This is what I found once you pointed me in the right direction. I’d never seen this flower before. I took this picture at Disneyland, of all places!

‘Salpiglossis sinuata, Painted Tongue, Scalloped Tube Tongue, or Velvet Trumpet Flower, is a flowering plant in the family Solanaceae, native to southern Chile’

Elle June 3, 2012 at 7:28 pm

That’s it, Painted Tongue, not Old Man’s Tongue! Time to get seeds! More mystery plants, please!

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