2019 Garden Thread

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1 hour ago, ness said:

Looking at just the leaves, I don't think it's a peony. Those leaves look serrated and the veins look different. Peony look like this:

My sister with over 40 years in the nursery and florist biz says Dahlia

[ness]

22 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

My sister with over 40 years in the nursery and florist biz says Dahlia

Let's go with that then

 

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[snagged in outlet 3]

She replied to my text in under a minute so I think she was pretty sure

[1farmer]

2 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

She replied to my text in under a minute so I think she was pretty sure

I'm sure not going to disagree with her.

[ness]

That is a different looking petal from what I'm used to seeing on a Dahlia though. I Googled and they are all over the board -- which isn't really surprising. 

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There are so many varieties of flowers now it's crazy.

[fishinwrench]

My wife uses an app called Plantnet to ID stuff.  It's always right.

[ness]

15 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

My wife uses an app called Plantnet to ID stuff.  It's always right.

Sounds cool.

I remember the plant ID books, where you went through a series of questions and it would get you to the right plant in surprisingly few steps. 

[1farmer]

Teresa has had some dwarf dahlias in the years past, this plant with it being so much taller I never even considered it to be a dahlia.  Just shows I know very little about flowers.

[Johnsfolly]

1 hour ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

My sister with over 40 years in the nursery and florist biz says Dahlia

That's what I was thinking. Just coming in late to the party😌.