Sunday, June 29, 2008

Who's Been Sprinkling BBs in the Garden?

Ok, so these aren't really BBs, but they sure look like it to me! So here's another Mystery Plant garden baffler for the astute out there reading this blog. This time there are two mysteries to solve.

First, what do you think those little "BBs" are? Did someone put them there? Did they come in on the powerful winds we had last week? Were some fairies "bowling" in the Woodland Garden and leave their balls behind? Hmm, those leaf veins do kind of look like tiny lanes, come to think of it! If so, looks like there were a lot of gutter balls in that game.

Second mystery: Can anyone confidently (or otherwise) identify the plant to which this leaf belongs? Hint: it's a mid-to-late summer bloomer in the Woodland Garden, and no, it's not a Toad Lily ... It's actually something that has become a real favorite of ours since we've been growing it, and we put yet another one in this spring, just to keep its cousin company. If you don't have one of these, and have a shady garden, this is an absolute must have plant, not only for its gorgeous foliage, but for its luscious flowers as well.

Have fun with this one, and let me know what your guesses or informed opinions are in the comments...

Photo by Fernymoss, taken June 24, 2008. After this coming week, I sure hope I can get back out with the camera more often, but until then, it's still very work intensive for me ...

27 comments:

Iowa Gardening Woman said...

My guess is on castor bean, and fairy bowling balls sounds reasonable to me :).

Larry Kollar said...

Maybe poop. Not sure what the plant is.

Shady Gardener said...

I'm going to wait for the answer. I have NO idea! :-)

Iowa Victory Gardener said...

Hi IGW, nope it's not a castor leaf, but good guess! Our castors got planted just last week, so aren't up (much) yet, but we're not worrying. We planted those 13' Zanzibariensis ones last year on June 30 and they still grew like crazy. They love the hot months of July and August.

Iowa Victory Gardener said...

Hey FAR,
LOL, nope it's not poop. You've been spending too much time at the Manor's chicken houses lately, I think!

Iowa Victory Gardener said...

Hey Shady,
I'm surprised you didn't at least recognize the plant ... I thought you either had or just got one of these this year. Best. Plant. For. Shade. Ever! Think Othello and I bet it will come to you! :-)

Shady Gardener said...

Okay... I'm headed outdoors in the morning! I really don't think mine has the red veining... (Mine is "The Rocket") Hope I haven't given it away! ;-)

Iowa Victory Gardener said...

Hey Shady,
You're definitely astute ... we have 'The Rocket' too (it was our first) and it's already sending up its bloom stalks. This is dentata, v 'Desdemona.' Thus the Shakespeare reference.

LOL, this is probably gobbledygook to folks who don't have it in their gardens.

I just hope that way they can discover another really cool plant to have in shady spots ... And those seeds also belong to a Shady favorite. :-)

Iowa Victory Gardener said...

Thanks for all who took a stab at this one!

The BBs (bowling balls?) are actually Dicentra seeds that came from a pod overhanging this fantastic Ligularia dentata 'Desdemona.'

Props to Shady though ... she got to the right church, just the wrong pew. :-)

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