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#11452 November 21st, 2003 at 10:22 PM
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we always had a plant we called bachelor buttons, but it wasn't the blue flower i see when i do a search. it is a plant that grows similar to monkey grass but the "bloom" is a compact little white flower taht is no bigger than a med size shirt button. Any clues on what this is??? I would like to get some!

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Try these:

Field Milkwort
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Polygala

are these anything like what you're thinking of?

#11454 November 22nd, 2003 at 05:07 PM
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I think I only want to keep sayinging this plant because I grew it with bachalors buttons last year but her goes! I had also never seen baby's breath in a garden untill I grew it and was like.. what is that, that's not what floral baby's breath looks like!

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#11455 November 22nd, 2003 at 05:34 PM
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Boxmonkey,
I absolutely love that green one, milkwort???
Beautiful color!!!

#11456 November 22nd, 2003 at 08:50 PM
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Liz, your baby's breath is gorgeous. Boxmonkey, your pictures are great. Weezie, I agree they are all beautiful

BUT - frown not it frown

the best way to describe it to you is the clumps grow like monkey grass, but the blades are much shorter and finer. the flowers are on long single stems with no leaves and the flower heads are like the inside of a mum only very tiny and very very compact. not at all soft or even soft looking. almost bright white on green stems with green grass. the stems are no bigger around than a wire coat hanger if that big and about 6-8 inches long.

Thanks for your help!

#11457 November 22nd, 2003 at 11:08 PM
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Kay here's another one! ????

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Family: Melanthiaceae
Type: Perennial
Common: Fly poison

#11458 November 22nd, 2003 at 11:16 PM
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Amianthium muscaetoxicum

know isn't that tricky the pic I tried to link was broken up into peices, here are the flower peice

#11459 November 22nd, 2003 at 11:44 PM
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closer, but not quite...

#11460 November 23rd, 2003 at 12:36 AM
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so I'm guessing that i'm off on the flower and close on the foliage?
Do you remember that time of year that it bloomed
area that it grew in? wet? Dry?
was it like a crocus or a flowering rush?

this is fun!

#11461 November 23rd, 2003 at 12:47 AM
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they are just finishing blooming now. you are right on the foliage. the ground around them is fairly high & dry, but the area is like all of the southeast, not far from the water table. sandy soil. bright light, not sure if it is full sun or not. gotta check on that. there is a trailer not far (5-6 miles) that has a few growing beside it. the grass clumps are like daylilies or monkey grass, but finer and lower leaves/fronds.
I really appreciate the help in searching for this!

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#11463 November 23rd, 2003 at 05:55 AM
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Okay Jiffy,
I'm getting into this one too???

Blue~eyed grass

Weezie Blue eyed grass #2

#11464 November 23rd, 2003 at 06:16 AM
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Info on Bachelor's Buttons at:

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/southerngarden/bachelor.html


Color range: purple, rose, orange and white.

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#11466 November 24th, 2003 at 03:02 AM
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Nope, none of the above. not in the corn flower category at all. flowers are white (never seen any other color). clumps of grass have thin, narrow blades that are about 2-3 inches long. liz got close with one of the sites in the foliage part.

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Jiffy,
Got any pictures???????????

Weezie

#11468 November 24th, 2003 at 07:37 PM
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wish i did!

#11469 November 25th, 2003 at 04:26 AM
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Dracula carderii

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Dendrochilum tenellum

http://www.hortusb.com/ode2t.html

maybe, maybe not?

what do the flowers look like?

#11470 November 25th, 2003 at 04:29 PM
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right color, wrong shape. the flowers remind me in shape, of the chocolate non-pariels (sp?). almost like a super miniature mum head. very hard and just under 1/2 inch in diameter.

#11471 November 25th, 2003 at 04:47 PM
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ok, does it look like a pincushion.
Like a scabiosa???


scabiosa

Weezie

#11472 November 25th, 2003 at 10:11 PM
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weezie, the shape of the top of that flower is closer. only really compact and hard. and the "petals" are very small.

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Does this flower match yours???

Gypsophilia Elegans

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#11474 November 25th, 2003 at 11:06 PM
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Jiffy,
I'm getting stumped on yours,
but I'll keep thinkin'!!!
Weezie

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#11476 December 29th, 2003 at 08:24 PM
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I recieved a new book for christmas and I got a new idea..... might it be.....

Hatpins or syngonanthus flavidulus
http://www.virtualherbarium.org/lf/erioc.jpg

This links not great! But it's the only pic I could find!

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