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Thu, May 10, 12 at 15:34
| Help anyone. I saw a perennial today that I've never seen before. It has lance shape leaves in a clump, and darker blue flowers also in a spike type shape. I think the man said it started with an "A". (not any iris type). It is in zone 4. |
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| Not knowing what you have and have not seen , it is hard to tell. How big/tall was the plant? I cannot imagine anything blue in zone 4 other than bulbs(Hiacynth, Muscari). Some violets can be bluish. Arrow-leaved violet? |
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- Posted by mad_gallica Z5 Eastern NY (My Page) on Thu, May 10, 12 at 16:21
| Pulmonaria? What sorts of things are in bloom there now? To give us a sense of the timing. |
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| Was it something at a nursery? It is possible that the bloom was ahead of schedule for zone 4. Remy |
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| Muscari? Spanish bluebells? (might be too early for the bluebells, though...) |
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- Posted by summersunshine 5b (My Page) on Fri, May 11, 12 at 0:14
| Are you sure it started with an A? Maybe Adenophora? Could it be Aquilegia? (Colorado columbines can be Blue-purple) |
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- Posted by steelskies 4 (My Page) on Fri, May 11, 12 at 0:32
| It was at an older man's residence who was selling a bunch of perennials. But he wasn't selling this one; he said he would have to wait until next year to divide it. I HAVE to know what it was so I need to go back there and (hopefully) won't buy any more plants from him!!!! I already bought a fern leaf peony, a red peony, bachelor buttons, perennial verbena, and something else from him today, and tons more last year!!! It is not columbine, lady bells or iris. I'll post when I find out. |
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| Knowing where you are might help. |
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- Posted by nutmeg4061 5b (My Page) on Fri, May 11, 12 at 2:13
| Two dark blue spiky flowers that come to mind are Salvias and Veronicas? Echinops and Eryngium have blue spiky ball shaped flowers. That's all I can think of currently. Can you go back and take a pic of it? Michelle |
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| This question is driving me crazy. Since none of us can think of a correct spring blooming perennial, I'm going on the assumption that they were started from seed indoors or in a greenhouse and are ahead of their bloom time. What about lupine? I know the leaves aren't lance-shaped, but if it was a quick look, I suppose they could be mistaken for such. Another is campanula glomerata. What about Agapanthus (hey, it starts with 'A')? The other thing I came up with, in addition to many of those the rest of you suggested, is a primula. Are there any "blue enough to be called blue" that send up a spike? |
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| Anchusa? member of the borage family, very, very good deep blue. |
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- Posted by wonbyherwits z7b NC (My Page) on Sat, May 12, 12 at 9:03
| Lance-shaped leaves and blue flowers sounds like centaurea montana (Mountain Bluet) to me. I have the 'Amethyst in Snow' that is white with a purple eye, but I used to grow the blue variety. Cameron |
Here is a link that might be useful: centaurea montana
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- Posted by steelskies 5 (My Page) on Sat, May 12, 12 at 11:31
| I'm going back today to take a picture and ask the nice man the name again. Even though its quite a drive for me. This is driving ME crazy too. I LOVE blue flowers and this one looked different. I took a look at Brent & Becky's online catalog (what a treat!!!) and it might be camassia? Will try to post a picture when I get it. |
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- Posted by steelskies 5 (My Page) on Sat, May 12, 12 at 23:39
| I drove to the mans house who had this plant. He said it was camassia (don't know if thats spelled right). I did take pictures, but not sure how to post. |
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| I have those, they're pretty trouble-free and easy to grow. Bulbs of the common species are available in the fall from the larger bulb vendors, such as Van Engelen. http://vanengelen.com/catview.cgi?_fn=Product&_category=Best:Camassia |
Here is a link that might be useful: You can eat them, too:
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- Posted by perennialfan273 zone 5 (My Page) on Sun, May 13, 12 at 22:15
| Starts with an 'A', and has blue flowers. Sounds like an amsonia. Perhaps amsonia hubrichtii or amsonia ciliata. Would have to see some pictures. |
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