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| Out walking this morning I passed a plant blooming now - [Like now, August, in Nevada.] - with flowers that look and smell like a lilac. Leaves and stems were light grey-blue-green and glaucous. Flowers were smaller than the familiar lilac but otherwise similar. Care to conjecture as to What I saw. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Thu, Aug 15, 13 at 17:21
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| Buddleia? Kevin |
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- Posted by Gyr_Falcon Sunset 23 USDA 9 (My Page) on Thu, Aug 15, 13 at 19:15
| Vitex? |
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| Do I hear the ident of 'Bloomerang' Lilac? |
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| Didn't know there was such an animal, but Mr. Google says there is. Zones 3 - 7, but cooler is better. What zone is the plant in question growing in? And what's the prize for the right answer? Kevin |
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- Posted by flower-frenzy 8 (My Page) on Thu, Aug 15, 13 at 20:41
| Butterfly bush (buddleia)? |
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- Posted by linlily z5/6PA (jakey915@comcast.net) on Thu, Aug 15, 13 at 22:21
| Leptodermis Oblonga? I tried to find one of these locally but have not had success. I may have to mail order one of these. http://www.bluestoneperennials.com/LEOB.html Linda |
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| Clethra |
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- Posted by albert_135 Sunset 2 or 3 (My Page) on Fri, Aug 16, 13 at 16:27
| Did a Google image search and it looks most like aachenelf's Buddleia suggestion. I just noticed someone else made the same suggestion. Thanks. |
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- Posted by Bumblebeez z7b Seneca SC (My Page) on Fri, Aug 16, 13 at 17:59
| Some Butterfly Bushes smell and waft better than others. I would never buy one without sniffing it first. I have at least half a dozen different varieties and there doesn't seem to be a constant. On the other hand, these are the easiest plants in the world to root so anyone can have as many as they want. I LOVE my pink Clethra! |
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| There are so called reblooming Lilacs. Daughter has one that had a few blooms on it last week. She says that after a normal flush of bloom, it will sporadically put out a few here and there over the rest of the growing season. Linlily, that Leptodermis Oblonga may not live up to Bluestone's hype. I have two of them. It is an ok shrub, probably would make a decent shrub for hedge even, but A blooming machine they are not. Late to break dormancy, they aren't fully leafed out till late May. Moderate bloom follows mid June. The rest of the growing season there are very sparse showings of tiny clusters of the lavender flowers here and there. At present each shrub, clipped in April to try to maintain a 3' x 3' bush, has maybe a 1/2 dozen of these clusters of 3 or 4 small (individual 'lilac' sized) flowers. You have to really hunt to find them. |
This post was edited by gazania on Sat, Aug 17, 13 at 10:11
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