What is this plant?
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Ivylore
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Given to me by a friend- I thought it was just a decorative grass, but it surprised me with 2 beautiful yellow flowers- which didn't last for but a day- we've figured out it is an evening primrose
grass-like spiky leaves- beautiful yellow flower bloomed for about a day
11 answers
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I have no idea, but I really like it's leaves and open appearance. I hope someone here will know for the both of us, I'd like to get a few myself!
Dee W
on Jun 20, 2013
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The bloom looks like a daylily....each bloom lasts only a day, but as the plant matures you will have many blooms. The foliage confuses me though, because it looks 'spiky' and all my daylilies have straight, spiky leaves.
Michele Nacke
on Jun 20, 2013
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I don't know either but I hope that it can be identified so that I can get some!
Elizabeth Gladden
on Jun 20, 2013
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I have daylilies also and that was my first thought but the whole plant looks different to me.
Dee W
on Jun 20, 2013
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Right, I have some day lillies, but this is different- much smaller in height, about 10 inches right now and the leaves are thinner and spikey looking.
Ivylore
on Jun 20, 2013
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Evening Primrose-Yes, that's it! Wow! How interesting! and that it is here in the midwest- how lucky am I! Thanks, Missio Terra for solving the mystery!
Ivylore
on Jun 20, 2013
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I agree with the prim rose, I had a few and at 9pm the flower would open, you could sit and watch it open, really cool.
Laura
on Jul 22, 2013
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This is a flower called Mellow Yellow.
Brenda De Lair
on Aug 14, 2013
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Hi Brenda, this evening primrose is definitely 'mellow yellow' :)
Ivylore
on Aug 14, 2013
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my evening primrose have been growing in my back garden for more than twenty years.They grow to about two feet tall and have many blooms they have the most wonderful colour and return year after year
Felicity Woodruffe
on Apr 27, 2014
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if you let them they will grow everywhere though
Felicity Woodruffe
on Apr 27, 2014
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