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Fri, Jul 6, 12 at 11:00
| These sprung up in the spring and have had their flowers for quite some time now. I absolutely love them. But what are they? (new house so all this stuff springing up is totally new to me).
THanks again! |
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- Posted by christinmk z5b eastern WA (My Page) on Fri, Jul 6, 12 at 11:26
| That thar looks like Heliopsis helianthus to me ;-) Common name False Sunflower. CMK |
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| That's it!!! Thank you so much! Does anyone have any advise on collecting seeds? How do I know when they're ready? I have a few flowers that look like they're drying up but, what I think are the seeds, dont seem quite loose yet. Any advise? |
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| I do not know exactly when they are ready. But I know that if you do not deadhead the flowers, you will have hundreds of seedlings without doing anything. |
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| Thanks, wieslaw59. I'm going to throw the heads a little to the side (opposite side of the lily) and let them spread a little further that way. When the leaves started sprouting up it looked like lunaria/moneyplant to me. Then it didn't anymore. I was thinking they were sunflowers but they were too small. I love sun flowers so I love that these are "perennial sunflowers" (or close enough to it!) Follow up - read online when the seeds are loose they're ready for collecting :) |
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