Other Flowers you like

[Leafmite]

Here are a few more!

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Kvet - your little purple flowers with four petals are Virginia stock , Malcolmia maritima. The four petals are characteristic of things in the cabbage family. Save seed - they're extremely easy to grow next year.

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I like everything.

[SouthPark]

Not quite a purpurata, but still quite nice when there are a lot of these flowers. Even 1 flower is quite nice ----- a morning glory appearance. Sweet potato (or one of the sweet potato types).

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by SouthPark

Not quite a purpurata, but still quite nice when there are a lot of these flowers. Even 1 flower is quite nice ----- a morning glory appearance. Sweet potato (or one of the sweet potato types).

Does look like a morning glory. Pretty!

[DirtyCoconuts]

nice- i also forgot how nice sweet potato flowers are, great call.

[BrassavolaStars]

This is a great thread. I wish I found it sooner.

I tend to be partial to very fragrant plants.

Right now, my favorites are:

Easter lilies, Sambac Jasmine, Star Magnolia, Hyacinth, Cherries, Citrus, Poppies, Gardenias (though they always have something wrong with them), Amaryllis, Hymenocallis, Lilacs, Peonies, and I’m sure there are a few others I can’t recall this moment.

I currently have a night blooming jasmine, two tangelos, a plum tree, a cherry tree, Epiphyllum oxypetalum, Gardenia, Stephanotis, and a Sambac Jasmine. I’ve never bloomed the Cactus or the Stephanotis so I can’t say if they are favorites yet.

I do have a wishlist of plants I want that aren’t orchids. It includes a Canaga odorata, an Osa pulchra, A Hymenocallis eucharidfolia, Hoya, Tuberose, and Plumeria. I am also interested in one of those starfish carrion cactus things.

[SouthPark]

Maybe somebody or some people mentioned 'dahlia' already. For those that don't know too much about dahlia plants ----- there are actually quite a variety of them, and while they are all nice ---- some of them are incredibly/exceptionally nice - their flowers.

[DirtyCoconuts]

brassavola- if you are willing to start small i can send you some Hoya cuttings

[SouthPark]

Originally Posted by DirtyCoconuts

such cool flower structure, they hang like lanterns

These ones are fantastic DC. The little lantern upside-down bell shapes are very appealing! I grow something similar to that - not as large leaves as yours - I can't remember exact colours ----- maybe some orange in them. Will have to check next time they flower again. These cactus like plants are one of those must-haves !!

Originally Posted by DirtyCoconuts

this little guy is a ground cover/vine that i have mostly ignored my entire life

I'm totally grateful and thankful you posted this shot, as this seriously triggered emotion - and brings some tears to my eyes here ------ as we had this at a previous home (our first home) when I was a kid - but was never brought over to our new places. So - like others, it is like wonderful childhood memories.

And I never even knew what name it was. So glad you posted that one. And also glad that the name of it is known in this thread!

And - I often don't get emotional or teary eyed hahahaha. Don't worry ----- I'm normal heheheh.

I'm putting in an order (if I can find it) today - to get this one again!

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UPDATE : now ordered through ebay store!!


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Sensitive weed/sensitive plant Mimosa pudica ----- can be found around the world. You know the ones where their leaves close-up when you touch them.

Small flowers on stalks I think ----- but quite pretty in a pink ball shape.

In tropical regions, it can be a mistake to grow these at home, because while they are a novelty and fantastic to play with (their leaves) ----- if their seeds somehow get spread around the yard (lawn) ----- it could end up being sensitive weed city, which won't be good - because their stems have sharp spikes. Not good for feet etc.

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There is a Soutwestern US sensitive shrub, Mimosa rupertiana. It requires fall sowing or stratification, so I'm going to try it this fall.