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what are these 2 plants growing at the sides of my house? #89326 August 16th, 2006 at 02:56 PM
Joined: Jul 2006 Chicago, IL P Petra OP Member
OP Petra Member P Joined: Jul 2006 Chicago, IL	does anyone know? i don't know too much about plants so i have no idea what they are... here's the tall green one... and here is a purple looking plant... looks almost like a tiny purple tree... does anyone have any idea what these things are?

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Re: what are these 2 plants growing at the sides of my house? #89327 August 17th, 2006 at 02:50 AM
Joined: Aug 2005 coastal n.c. zuzu's petals Member
zuzu's petals Member Joined: Aug 2005 coastal n.c.	Hi Petra, Welcome. Your tall green plant could be Hibiscus syriacus, does "Rose of Sharon" ring a bell? And I believe the second one is Perilla .

Re: what are these 2 plants growing at the sides of my house? #89328 August 17th, 2006 at 04:21 AM
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OP Petra Member P Joined: Jul 2006 Chicago, IL	yes, i think the purple plant is definitely the Perilla thanx so much!! but i don't think the green one is Hibiscus syriacus. i looked at the pictures of the leaves and they seem slightly different. the Hibiscus syriacus have more rounded fatter tips on the leaves. where the edges of the leaves on the green plant is more jagged/sharp. anyone have any idea what it could be?

Re: what are these 2 plants growing at the sides of my house? #89329 August 17th, 2006 at 08:30 AM
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netty Member Joined: Jun 2005 Ontario	I thought it was Hibiscus too!

Re: what are these 2 plants growing at the sides of my house? #89330 August 17th, 2006 at 08:30 AM
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Wrennie Member Joined: Apr 2006 Phoenicia, NY	It looks like some form of hibiscus or rose of sharon to me.

Re: what are these 2 plants growing at the sides of my house? #89331 August 22nd, 2006 at 02:11 AM
Joined: Jul 2006 Chicago, IL P Petra OP Member
OP Petra Member P Joined: Jul 2006 Chicago, IL	i think that tall green plant is actually a tree of some sort. i was looking around the yard and i noticed this one giant tree has exactly the same leaves as that green plant. anyone know what type of tree it might be?

Re: what are these 2 plants growing at the sides of my house? #89332 August 22nd, 2006 at 04:31 AM
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gailo Member Joined: Mar 2006 Maryland's Eastern Shore	It could be a mulberry tree. They grow like weeds.

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Re: what are these 2 plants growing at the sides of my house? #89333 August 25th, 2006 at 03:57 PM
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RugbyHukr Member R Joined: Apr 2005 SoCal via WV	i think mulberry

Re: what are these 2 plants growing at the sides of my house? #89334 August 25th, 2006 at 10:33 PM
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digital flower Member D Joined: Aug 2006 CT USA	Those buds that you posted look a lot like the Hibiscus family. Maybe it is a Hardy Hibiscus?

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