Betsy
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| Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 4:11 am Post subject: **Ground Cover with Small White Star-Shaped Flowers |
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This plant has flowers that are shaped in a 6-pointed star. The leaves are a medium green and it lies low on the ground. A friend said that it is "arithonium", but we think it is spelled wrong. Any ideas?
Here's a photo: http://s189.photobucket.com/albums/z219/BCousineau/
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Betsy
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| Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 4:23 am Post subject: Ground Cover with Small White Star-Shaped Flowers |
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Having trouble with the picture, so I'm trying again.
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Frank
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| Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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I think your friend may have meant Erythronium but I don't think that's what it is. Is it possible to get a closer view of one of the flowers Betsy?
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Betsy
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| Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 3:04 pm Post subject: Ground Cover with Small White Star-Shaped Flowers - IDed |
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Mystery solved. I emailed Vickie in the Garden Shop at Lakewold Gardens in Tacoma, WA I saw this flower blooming at Lakewold last weekend. She replied saying: "This is an Anemone nemorosa 'pleniflora'. I had some earlier in the spring. Most of the time you can find the single anemones but the double ones are a little bit more rare." I did a Google Image search on this plant name and found numerous close-ups of the flowers.
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Frank
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| Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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Yes that looks like it Betsy. Glad you got the mystery solved. Sorry we didn't solve it straight away for you but please challenge us again sometime soon 
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Netty
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| Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 11:49 am Post subject: |
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Those are gorgeous Betsy, I'm glad you found out what it is!
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