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Author Garden: bachelor buttons? Jiffymouse guest posted                 we always had a plant we called bachelor buttons, but it wasn't the blue flower i see when i do a search. it is a plant that grows similar to monkey grass but the "bloom" is a compact little white flower taht is no bigger than a med size shirt button. Any clues on what this is??? I would like to get some! Seeded: 206.220.183.9 boxmonkey Great Gardener Member # 1595 posted                       Try these: Field Milkwort more more Polygala are these anything like what you're thinking of? * * * * Custom Weathervanes - hand made Plants: 97 | From: Gainesville, FL | Registered: Oct 2003  |  Seeded: 24.136.32.7 lizheaemma Dream Gardener Member # 1685 posted                       I think I only want to keep sayinging this plant because I grew it with bachalors buttons last year but her goes! I had also never seen baby's breath in a garden untill I grew it and was like.. what is that, that's not what floral baby's breath looks like! Plants: 155 | From: Canada | Registered: Nov 2003  |  Seeded: 67.68.5.14 weezie13 Compost Queen! Member # 772 posted                       Boxmonkey, I absolutely love that green one, milkwort??? Beautiful color!!! * * * * Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2 http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/ Plants: 29299 | From: N.Y. | Registered: Apr 2003  |  Seeded: 24.54.84.188 Jiffymouse guest posted                 Liz, your baby's breath is gorgeous. Boxmonkey, your pictures are great. Weezie, I agree they are all beautiful BUT - not it the best way to describe it to you is the clumps grow like monkey grass, but the blades are much shorter and finer. the flowers are on long single stems with no leaves and the flower heads are like the inside of a mum only very tiny and very very compact. not at all soft or even soft looking. almost bright white on green stems with green grass. the stems are no bigger around than a wire coat hanger if that big and about 6-8 inches long. Thanks for your help! Seeded: 12.77.200.53 lizheaemma Dream Gardener Member # 1685 posted                       Kay here's another one! ???? Family: Melanthiaceae Type: Perennial Common: Fly poison Plants: 155 | From: Canada | Registered: Nov 2003  |  Seeded: 67.68.5.14 lizheaemma Dream Gardener Member # 1685 posted                       Amianthium muscaetoxicum know isn't that tricky the pic I tried to link was broken up into peices, here are the flower peice Plants: 155 | From: Canada | Registered: Nov 2003  |  Seeded: 67.68.5.14 Jiffymouse guest posted                 closer, but not quite... Seeded: 12.77.200.8 lizheaemma Dream Gardener Member # 1685 posted                       so I'm guessing that i'm off on the flower and close on the foliage? Do you remember that time of year that it bloomed area that it grew in? wet? Dry? was it like a crocus or a flowering rush? this is fun! Plants: 155 | From: Canada | Registered: Nov 2003  |  Seeded: 67.68.5.14 Jiffymouse guest posted                 they are just finishing blooming now. you are right on the foliage. the ground around them is fairly high & dry, but the area is like all of the southeast, not far from the water table. sandy soil. bright light, not sure if it is full sun or not. gotta check on that. there is a trailer not far (5-6 miles) that has a few growing beside it. the grass clumps are like daylilies or monkey grass, but finer and lower leaves/fronds. I really appreciate the help in searching for this! Seeded: 12.77.200.157 lizheaemma Dream Gardener Member # 1685 posted                       Am I getting any closer? http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/poison/images/tradevi1.htm Plants: 155 | From: Canada | Registered: Nov 2003  |  Seeded: 67.68.5.14 weezie13 Compost Queen! Member # 772 posted                       Okay Jiffy, I'm getting into this one too??? Blue~eyed grass Weezie Blue eyed grass #2 * * * * Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2 http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/ Plants: 29299 | From: N.Y. | Registered: Apr 2003  |  Seeded: 24.54.84.188 papito Super Gardener Member # 1346 posted                       Info on Bachelor's Buttons at: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/southerngarden/bachelor.html Color range: purple, rose, orange and white. * * * * Amor est vitae essentia. Love is the essence of life. Plants: 932 | From: Northern California, Zone 9b | Registered: Jul 2003  |  Seeded: 198.81.26.45 weezie13 Compost Queen! Member # 772 posted                       Jiffy, more bachelor buttons Weezie knap weed, centauras * * * * Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2 http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/ Plants: 29299 | From: N.Y. | Registered: Apr 2003  |  Seeded: 24.54.84.188 Jiffymouse guest posted                 Nope, none of the above. not in the corn flower category at all. flowers are white (never seen any other color). clumps of grass have thin, narrow blades that are about 2-3 inches long. liz got close with one of the sites in the foliage part. Seeded: 12.77.200.135 weezie13 Compost Queen! Member # 772 posted                       Jiffy, Got any pictures??????????? Weezie * * * * Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2 http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/ Plants: 29299 | From: N.Y. | Registered: Apr 2003  |  Seeded: 24.54.84.188 Jiffymouse guest posted                 wish i did! Seeded: 206.220.183.9 lizheaemma Dream Gardener Member # 1685 posted                       Dracula carderii Dendrochilum tenellum http://www.hortusb.com/ode2t.html maybe, maybe not? what do the flowers look like? Plants: 155 | From: Canada | Registered: Nov 2003  |  Seeded: 67.68.23.129 Jiffymouse guest posted                 right color, wrong shape. the flowers remind me in shape, of the chocolate non-pariels (sp?). almost like a super miniature mum head. very hard and just under 1/2 inch in diameter. Seeded: 206.220.183.10 weezie13 Compost Queen! Member # 772 posted                       ok, does it look like a pincushion. Like a scabiosa??? scabiosa Weezie * * * * Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2 http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/ Plants: 29299 | From: N.Y. | Registered: Apr 2003  |  Seeded: 24.54.84.188 Jiffymouse guest posted                 weezie, the shape of the top of that flower is closer. only really compact and hard. and the "petals" are very small. Seeded: 206.220.183.9 weezie13 Compost Queen! Member # 772 posted                       Lizheaemma, Does this flower match yours??? Gypsophilia Elegans Weezie * * * * Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2 http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/ Plants: 29299 | From: N.Y. | Registered: Apr 2003  |  Seeded: 24.54.84.188 weezie13 Compost Queen! Member # 772 posted                       Jiffy, I'm getting stumped on yours, but I'll keep thinkin'!!! Weezie * * * * Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2 http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/ Plants: 29299 | From: N.Y. | Registered: Apr 2003  |  Seeded: 24.54.84.188 papito Super Gardener Member # 1346 posted                       more on bachelor's button: http://www.florvertical.com/ingles/galeria/ver_foto.cfm?foto=2596 http://www.florvertical.com/ingles/galeria/ver_foto.cfm?foto=15308 http://www.veseys.com/store.cfm?product=503&referer_cat=653 * * * * Amor est vitae essentia. Love is the essence of life. Plants: 932 | From: Northern California, Zone 9b | Registered: Jul 2003  |  Seeded: 198.81.26.45 lizheaemma Dream Gardener Member # 1685 posted                       I recieved a new book for christmas and I got a new idea..... might it be..... Hatpins or syngonanthus flavidulus http://www.virtualherbarium.org/lf/erioc.jpg This links not great! But it's the only pic I could find! Plants: 155 | From: Canada | Registered: Nov 2003  |  Seeded: 67.68.20.184 Jiffymouse guest posted                 I am about 90% sure that YOU GOT IT RIGHT!! Thank you so very much!! I got a digital camera for Christmas and I will try to take a picture of it this spring! Thanks again!! Seeded: 206.220.183.9 Jiffymouse guest posted                 ok, after doing some research, i think it is called small's bog button and you can find pictures and information at the plant atlas of Florida Liz, I think the latin name for the one i was looking for is Lachnocaulon minus and it is a relative of the one you found. Seeded: 206.220.183.9 catlover The Cheetah! Member # 654 posted                       Ohhh Jiffy those darn boxes and red X....try again please!!!! * * * * Plants: 7129 | From: California | Registered: Mar 2003  |  Seeded: 68.66.244.5 weezie13 Compost Queen! Member # 772 posted                       Jiffy, I didn't see the pictures' either, I could see lizheaemma's though, I don't think I've seen one before..... Weezie * * * * Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2 http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/ Plants: 29299 | From: N.Y. | Registered: Apr 2003  |  Seeded: 24.54.67.103 Jiffymouse guest posted                 karen, i had to edit the post because the link wouldn't work... so... click on the url link and you can get to see all kinds of them... also, i found a site where they were referred to as "bog bachelor buttons"! so my memory isn't that faulty after all!! Thanks Liz for finding it for me! Seeded: 206.220.183.9 lizheaemma Dream Gardener Member # 1685 posted                       excellent! bog button was my next guess (lachnocaulon anceps) or another close relative is (eriocaulon septangulare) pipewort all members of thr pipewort family (eriocaulaceae) and the button part would really fit into you puzzle! Plants: 155 | From: Canada | Registered: Nov 2003  |  Seeded: 67.68.20.184

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