A Gardeners Forum Forums Gardening Reference Gardening in 2007 Please ID this plant for Weezie

The plant of the left with the purple was in a photo I shared in the Forum, Weezie wanted to know what it is, but i have absolutely no idea.



Inquiring minds want to know!

jc2weho

If you can't see the picture in the post above, try right clicking on with and a list will appear, click on Show Picture and it should show up. I have tried that post 3 times, the picture shows in the Preview Post window, but not when I post it.

jc2weho

Can you discribe it??
Is it a bush
or individually comes out of the ground/???

How tall?
Any smell to it??

flower open up the stalk or down???

What animal goes to it??? (Hummer's, butterflies?)

Have you ever seen it in another color???

Any other Californian's saw it before around them?? Catlover, Papito??? Gardengal, Daisy,
Bill??????????????????????????????????????

Weezie

Hey, Thanks you two for doing that??

Hey Weezie,

Here is the link to the picture on Webshots:

Look in Jillie and the Blue Birdies

When you open that Album, click on the picture. When the window opens with the single piture, there is a line under it that says, View Full Size, click on that and you will get a bigger piture to look at.

To answer some of your questions:

Bush
This one was over 3 feet tall
Not sure if it had a fragrance
Hummers loved it
flowers grew up
I have only seen it in purple
I have seen it all over CA

jc2weho

Its in the picture titled P4170051 right? I think I've seen that plant before, but its a little hard to tell from the pic. I don't know what its called though. Sorry no help from me. :rolleyes:

By the way, Jillie could be my aunt's sister! You guys look so much alike, same sweet face!

Awwwe, Gardengal, you're too sweet, thanks.

Note regarding that house in Cambria (in the first birdie photos) we occasionally rent...
The people who own it keep a library of horticulture books with all of the pages marked, indicating every plant they've used in their landscaping. They've been meticulous, both in their plantings and their record-keeping. So, when we go back next month for a little R&R (if everyone here is as stumped as we are) we'll look it up and report back.

How about Mexican bush sage?
http://www.westongardens.com/page%20content/plant%20library/mexican%20bush%20sage.htm

Or Indigo spires sage?
http://www.westongardens.com/page%20content/plant%20library/indigo%20spires%20sage.htm

Newt

Newt! You're amazing!
I think either one of those could be it...

Hey Jillie,

I think that Newt got it with the Mexican Bush Sage. Thanks Newt! MWAH!

Well,
Thanks Newt, I had wondered what that pretty
purple was!!!
I can't believe that plant grows that high!!
I am very glad that mystery is solved!!
Thank~You for a job well done!!!

Weezie

You are so very welcome. Glad I could help with that one. Actually, I stumbled across it when trying to answer a question for someone else! Sometimes it all comes together. Bet you could take cuttings (with permission of course) and have some for yourself!

Newt

Shhhhhhhh..

The last time we were there, I snipped a li'l piece of peppermint geranium & brought it home (Now it's HUGE, all big and sprouty and smelling good under our back porch )
The people who own the house are wonderful. They even encourage vacation renters to help themselves to the vegetable garden! I'll be snippin' this trip, too .....