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tiny white and purplish/pink flowers. multiple on one stem.
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CourtneyG
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| Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 12:15 am Post subject: tiny white and purplish/pink flowers. multiple on one stem. |
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I just noticed this growing today. never have seen it before. It is growing where i have texas petunias.
any help would be appreciated. thanks.
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cajunbelle
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| Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 12:45 am Post subject: |
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I don't know but it certainly is pretty.
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I don't know either but like Cajunbelle it is very pretty.Maybe someone else will be along soon and can ID it for you.
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I love that last photo!! What are Texas Petunias??
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The flower looks a bit like a Cherry blossom. Maybe look under Flowering Almond (Prunus glandulosa 'Rosa Plea'). It usually grows more like a shrub around here so it is just a guess.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 12:14 am Post subject: plant |
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It appears to have the Poppy leaves , Oriental poppy is like that with jaggy like on the leaf?????
It is very nice.
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From what I can see in your photograph it looks as though the stems of the plant are woody. It may very well be an small variety of ornamental cherry tree that is blooming. Some of them only grow to a few feet high so it could be a young sapling.
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Me too and I'm from Texas.
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| eileen wrote: | DF This dwarf Mexican petunia is called the 'Texas Superstar.' As I can't find any specific Texas petunias maybe this is the one. 
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Texas Superstar isn't the name of the plant, it is a designation...plants that grow well under the hot, drought conditions you find in Texas, are labeled 'Texas Superstars' by a committee at Texas A & M University.
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eileen
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Soooo is there a specific Texas petunia then Toni because I coudn't find one on the net at all?
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I have never seen one either. The Mexican Petunia is probably the closest there is since the growing conditions in Mexico and parts of Texas are pretty identical. And it is the most common one found in nurserys and garden centers here.
Since the common names can be very confusing, I would bet that somewhere along the line someone didn't like calling it the Mexican Petunia and started calling it the Texas Petunia.
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You're probably right Toni. Over here we do the same thing with common plant names - change them to suit ourselves!!! 
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I love my Mexican Petunia.It is a big show off .Mine it coming back sprouting out.I was wondering if maybe that was what they were calling a Texas Petunia and I bet your right toni.
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