Thanks, Bruce. I think you hit it on the head! The leaves as well as the flowers look just like mine.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/ On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 9:05 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dan! > > It's a Lychnis coronaria, aka Rose campion. It's a highly desirable > ornamental garden plant for hot dry areas. It's very drought resistant > because of its reflective colour and fine hairs that cover it. It's > quite expensive to buy. > > http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=3417 > > It's a biennial, but reseeds like crazy so that's why you keep getting > it in large quantities. > > Cheers! > > > On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 5:23 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> > wrote: >> These wildflowers (or weeds) grow on the fringes of our lot, and >> invade any part of it that isn't maintained as lawn or landscaped >> beds. They are reasonably attractive while in bloom, but rather ugly >> later in the season. Since they are more colorful than what would >> otherwise grow in those area, I have let them grow and expand, but I >> never really knew what they are. >> >> Any help in identifying them would be appreciated. >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15849734 >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15849732 >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
