Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Very, Very Tall



Another rainy morning. But I went outside to take a picture of my extremely tall flowers. I used to know all the flowers in my garden, but this year some really surprised me.

What kind of flower is this? Can someone please tell me. I have never had such tall flowers in my garden before. First it was the cosmos, growing five and six feet tall. That never happened to me before.

Now this one. It is at least eight feet tall! Maybe taller. That's what has me puzzled. I have never seen any so very tall. Would appreciate a certain ID. Here's the flower, and a close up of the leaves.
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12 comments:

  1. kenjuOctober 27, 2009 at 11:59 AM

    Bobbie, it looks like cosmos, but I've never seen it that color. It is usually pink, hot pink, magenta or purple.

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  2. kenjuOctober 27, 2009 at 12:01 PM

    It is. Bobbie, google "cosmos flowers' and click images - you'll see all the colors it comes in.

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  3. DarylOctober 27, 2009 at 12:11 PM

    They look like yellow cosmos ..

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  4. AnonymousOctober 27, 2009 at 12:24 PM

    That is a tall flower. Cosmos is about the tallest that we get or have had.

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  5. Rambling WoodsOctober 27, 2009 at 12:36 PM

    I can't help you on the id Bobbie, but it is beautiful.. We had had a lot of rain here too... Michelle

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  6. bobbieOctober 27, 2009 at 1:34 PM

    Thanks everyone. The consensus seems to be cosmos. But the leaves are very different from the pink white and lavender cosmos. Still, it could be.

    They were all from a big box of mixed seeds, so I can't tell.

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  7. karinOctober 27, 2009 at 1:47 PM

    Nothing like it in my wildflower book. Don't know cultivated flowers but I'm curious about "cosmos" so I'll follow the suggesestion and google it. Many of the yellow flowers we see are DYCs (damn yellow composites).

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  8. karinOctober 27, 2009 at 1:59 PM

    Following on my previous post cosmos are in the Aster family and in the same tribe as Sunflowers, so it is a DYC.

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  9. Kathie BrownOctober 27, 2009 at 3:45 PM

    Bobbie, what fun this post has been, the mystery and the comments! Looks like you've got it solved!

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  10. Sylvia KOctober 27, 2009 at 3:57 PM

    They are TALL! Beautiful color, look like cosmos, but who knows????

    Great shots, Bobbie!

    Sylvia

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  11. AnonymousOctober 28, 2009 at 8:10 AM

    Unfortunately, I know nothing about flowers, except that these are beautiful and tall. I like them! ;-)

    Paz

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  12. shellyOctober 28, 2009 at 12:24 PM

    I wanted to plant the yellow cosmos this year but never got around to it...that would have been my guess. I always say you gotta grow it to know it - wasn't positive about the foliage.

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