By Charnordie
Canada
what is this plant???? i bought this thinking it was a bleeding heart, it's DEFINITELY NOT, but now i have no clue what it is!!!
- 30 May, 2011
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Okay Gilli, I'll give you some more info on this plant....the main stems kind of remind me of a willow twig. Each leaf is attached with a reddish leaf stem. Each leaf has very small ridges/teeth.
It seems to grow fairly quickly. What is showing in the picture is about a foot tall and has grown that much in a month. When i planted it last year, it didn't do anything. And I only planted root stems. I have not gotten any flowers off of it yet.
The root stems were packaged as Bleeding Heart...Obviously this isn't a Bleeding Heart bush....
31 May, 2011
No, obviously not Dicentra.
So the stems are twiggy or woody rather than fleshy as in a herbaceous plant? If that is the case then I can see why you would think 'Willow'. Could it be a willow? It may be a Salix daphnoides or Violet Willow.
31 May, 2011
I would have said a willow and a weed that self seeded into the pot in the nursery - shouldn't have been sold! It could be a thug.
31 May, 2011
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Well, it looks rather like phlox panticulata but I could be wrong. Have you had any flowers off it yet?
31 May, 2011