Mystery plant
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Lynette
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Any ideas? This grows like crazy! Right now it's about 2 feet tall. In the fall I pull out stalks that are almost woody-like straws.
75 answers
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its dusty miller and it does spread quite easily some people love it others hateit
Linda Peel
on Jun 16, 2014
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doesn't look like dusty miller.
Nancy Spencer Carlson
on Jun 16, 2014
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It is not dusty miller unless it's a different kind? Is there more than one variety? I couldn't find any pictures that look like mine and this stuff grows up to 3 feet tall.
Lynette
on Jun 16, 2014
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might be sage.
Pat Bush
on Jun 16, 2014
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Is there a sage that doesn't flower? I thought it was sage too...
Lynette
on Jun 16, 2014
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My thought was sage too. BTW, I love that little wall made of rocks.
Carole
on Jun 17, 2014
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Looks very much like Tarragon. If it doesn't flower, probably so.
Gloria E
on Jun 17, 2014
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Silver King Artemesia, one of the family of Dusty Millers.
Nancy Wagner
on Jun 17, 2014
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It's a weed......lol. But seriously, it WOULD be a weed in my garden.
Linda
on Jun 17, 2014
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I think Nancy might be right. It's also called White Sage. Grows 2-3 feet tall.
Lori
on Jun 17, 2014
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mine looks like that, but has lavender flowers that grow up the spikes very pretty smells good and spreads. But this year not doing so hot.
Kathryn Kibat
on Jun 17, 2014
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I have to go with Nancy Wagner. I received some from my neighbor and was told it was Artemesia. I love the stuff, and have it next to my purple coneflowers for some contrast and additional height. It will spread quickly, but is easy just to pull up from where it's not wanted.
Small Talk Mama
on Jun 17, 2014
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Artemesia does come in many different styles! Yes, that is what it is. You can divide it and have more plants, or move the whole thing. It is perennial and will continue to get larger until an opening or a circle develops in the middle - that will tell you the plants wants to be divided. You can leave it through the winter for winter interest or you can cut it down to almost ground level in late fall. Happily, it will come back next spring!
Gretchen
on Jun 17, 2014
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this looksike the lavender I have growing in my garden area great in rock gardens
Janice R
on Jun 17, 2014
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This reminds me of a willow bush I had. How tall doe this plant grow?
Jean DeSavage
on Jun 17, 2014
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Silver King Artemesia, I have loads of it! Can be used for wreaths, in flower arrangements etc.
Pat Lindau
on Jun 17, 2014
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Buddleia davidii perhaps?
Johnny Wilsenach
on Jun 17, 2014
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In years past I keep cutting it off because it gets so tall... this year I'm trying to let it go to see how tall it gets!
Lynette
on Jun 17, 2014
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Take a piece of it to your local nursery, they should be able to identify it.
Elizabeth Johnson
on Jun 17, 2014
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A weed is only a flower growing in the wrong place. I have seen many "weeds" that are quite lovely.
Elizabeth Johnson
on Jun 17, 2014
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If it had lavender blooms I would say it is Russian Sage. I'm constantly weeding out Russian Sage in my front yard. It's very invasive.
Leslie Herbert
on Jun 17, 2014
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I believe it is a type of sage.
Candy
on Jun 17, 2014
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Looks like a sage plant.
TERESA FORST
on Jun 17, 2014
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Looks like Russian Sage I was thinking of planting some by the pump for my koi ponds
Beatrice Whitacre
on Jun 17, 2014
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It looks like a butterfly bush....
Pattie
on Jun 17, 2014
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If it is a Russian Sage it would have a "sage" smell to it when you rubbed it together in you hands.
Terry Stutes
on Jun 17, 2014
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it looks exactly like a sage plant I had in my yard .... till my husband killed it.... I loved using fresh sage in cooking, I need to replace that plant
Cyndi
on Jun 17, 2014
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Suggestion---Take a piece of the plant and some pictures to Powell Gardens.
Terry Stutes
on Jun 17, 2014
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That almost looks like Sage Lavender plant. Clip some off and take it too your Nursey
Kayeabram50
on Jun 17, 2014
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I'm pretty sure you have artemesia. The should be grayish in color and will have flowers that are between a white and yellow. If pull part of it up and it has runners on the bottom that is a sign of artmesia. Very prolific and some will say it is invasive. It loves sun.
Kathleen Potter
on Jun 17, 2014
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Mexican sage? If so, it will take over!
Suzanne
on Jun 17, 2014
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It's not a sage (I have about 30 varieties). It's an artemisia.
Michelle Eliker
on Jun 17, 2014
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It is a variety of Artemesia. I have some too. If I remember correctly the variety is named wormwood.
Lilylori1950
on Jun 17, 2014
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Artemesia is wonderful when dried. It can be put into dry flower arrangements. Just cut, and bunch together in a dry area.
Sharon
on Jun 17, 2014
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SHOULD GET PURPLE FLOWERS..
Liz
on Jun 17, 2014
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It doesn't flower...I think I will take this to Powell Garden and I will let you all know! Thanks everyone
Lynette
on Jun 17, 2014
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looks like the Russian Sage bush I have in the garden
Jeanee Rockweiler
on Jun 17, 2014
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Catmint?
Diana Hesser
on Jun 17, 2014
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If it is growing in a colony rather than a bush & has purple spikey flowers, it is Russian Sage. The botanical name starts with a P. Sorry can't remember any more.
Marilyn H
on Jun 17, 2014
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Uh, have you pinched it or even sniffed it? Sage has a distinct fragrance. That's what I'm thinking it is!
Barbara Turner
on Jun 17, 2014
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I agree with Russian Sage! Botanical name is: Perovskia Atriplicifolia.
Kathy C
on Jun 17, 2014
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It smells more minty than sage-y
Lynette
on Jun 17, 2014
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Artemesia
Wendy Aycoth
on Jun 17, 2014
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Artemesia -- mine outside my front door looks just like it, and smells the same too, with a slightly bitter edge. Thus wormwood, a vermifuge.
S. R. Letot
on Jun 17, 2014
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In my opinion, it sure looks like sage, Mexican sage to be more precise..
Rosemary
on Jun 17, 2014
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It looks just like my sage, mine has the purple flowers on it right now in fact.
Yvonne
on Jun 17, 2014
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Looks like the Herb "Sage" which variety I don't know but IT's Leaf says "SAGE".!!!!
Marz Bo
on Jun 18, 2014
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The close up of the leaves tells me it isn't Russian Sage. Their leaves are very different. Although it does look somewhat like the common sage. However, since you say it doesn't flower, I'm siding with the Artemesia crowd. If you google images for the two mentioned plants, you may have your answer.
Brenda De Lair
on Jun 18, 2014
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This is not Russian Sage.
Lori
on Jun 18, 2014
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I would agree this is not Russian Sage. I do think it is in the Artemesia family.
Teri Tripp-Lanciault
on Jun 18, 2014
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Artemesia - Variety Valerie Finnis
MArilyn Mick
on Jun 18, 2014
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And it takes over.
MArilyn Mick
on Jun 18, 2014
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Yep Kathy, that's the botanical. Russian sage is more a landscape perennial than a culinary herb
Marilyn H
on Jun 18, 2014
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Has it flowered yet and what color is it?
Kathy C
on Jun 18, 2014
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It never flowers
Lynette
on Jun 18, 2014
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Russian Sage have in my back yard.
Woodys 57
on Jun 18, 2014
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Not Russian Sage as it doesn't flower and the leaves are different. But I agree to try googling the two varieties above.
Jenny
on Jun 19, 2014
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Looks like sage. Smell it. My sage comes back every year.
Cindie Taylor-pamula
on Jun 19, 2014
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I'm confounded!
Kathy C
on Jun 19, 2014
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artemesia for SURE! beautiful contrast with chives !!
Kari Samuel
on Jun 19, 2014
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That is not artemesia for sure, the leaves are too big - artemesa's leaves are fine and feathery and more whitish. The sage question you would have to google. Looks like a tumbleweed to me, before it dries up and blows away. Which she mentions gets strawy! I don't know the botanical name of tumbleweed, you might google it too. Bet that's it. I don't think it's sage, the form is too round?
Vicki K
on Jun 20, 2014
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Looks like culinary sage to me. Does it get loaded up with fantastic purple flowers all summer and smell like sage? Mine is a bee and hummingbird magnet. I use the leaves in poultry recipes. I also have loads of Russian sage, which is landscape plant and is not edible.
Dawn
on Jun 21, 2014
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It does not flower at all. It smells almost minty...hard to describe the scent but it's not sage-like. I have to PULL and I mean PULL what's leftover in the fall.
Lynette
on Jun 22, 2014
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I'd call your local Master Gardeners (County Extension Office) and ask them to take a look at it. Or take it to a nursery!
Kathy C
on Jun 22, 2014
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i HAVE artemesia IN my garden that looks exactly like this! known to be artemesia.... i've already taken a sprig of it to our nursery in wisconsin and had them answer my questions about it! mine is nearly 2 feet tall, but it gets leggy and falls over if not supported. leaves are silver to white, true leaves (not feathery). doesn't flower, doesn't really smell and has woody stems once mature.....
Kari Samuel
on Jun 29, 2014
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Not Russian sage....leaves are wrong. Artemesia is a huge family of plants with a lot of different varieties ranging from Powis Castle to the Great Basin Sagebrush in the western desert areas. Most artemesia varieties don't have much in the way of flowers and in contrast to Louis L'amour, sage (the desert varieties) don't bloom purple. Culinary herbal sage is a different plant yet and does bloom more noticeably and some bloom purple/violet colored. Check with your local nurseries or agricultural extension agent.
Dorothy
on Jul 01, 2014
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Its Russian something. I discovered the Russian hedge in Helena, Mt. Its one of the few things that grows and grows and grows. This doesn't look like the hedge, but it looks as if it is in the same family!!! Does it seem like it has thorns, but doesn't?
Julie Sims
on Jul 02, 2014
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It's a rosemary bush! You plant a small starter and it grows out of control. It's great to cut a piece to add on your chicken when you bake it.
Jennifer Pendley
on Oct 16, 2014
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Doesn't look like rosemary that I'm familiar with.....too grayish in color and leaves way too big.....rosemary leaves are greener, finer and stiff (almost like very short pine needles)..... https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=Ajr41lztQ99htJIe9dRNH2..ulI6?p=rosemary+plant+pictures&type=2button&fr=uh3_mail_srchcomp_a ; and rosemary blooms little blue flowers
Dorothy
on Oct 17, 2014
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Rosemir - Brasil Paraná : É SÁLVIA, excelente tempero para o porco.
Rosemir Fadel
on Oct 17, 2014
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Appears it may be Salvia Officinalis
Nancy
on Oct 18, 2014
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Artemesia for sure.
Wendy Aycoth
on Oct 18, 2014
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Possibly lavender?
Rob
on Oct 18, 2014
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It's sage. The color, leaf shape, and your description of woody stems give it away.
Maggie
on Oct 18, 2014
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This looks like rosemary. Try "likethat" garden app. It's free for you to submit photos to identify plants.
Tracee
on Jun 30, 2016
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