What is this?
by Cindy M
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it has smallish purpely pink blooms and about 3 feet tall?
75 answers
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looks to be in the Foxglove family
![Janet metzger]()
Janet metzger
on May 05, 2012
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Lupines?
![Mary S]()
Mary S
on May 05, 2012
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foxglove/digitalis, I concur :)
![Shelby W]()
Shelby W
on May 05, 2012
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obedient plant Physostegia purpurea
![Walter Reeves]()
Walter Reeves
on May 05, 2012
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It does look more like foxglove....I just looked at ours outside...not Lupines
![Mary S]()
Mary S
on May 05, 2012
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confident that it's foxglove latin name...digitalis
![Andi K]()
Andi K
on May 05, 2012
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yep. foxglove. Digitalis!
![Jennifer H]()
Jennifer H
on May 05, 2012
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a picture of the lower leaves/foliage would give better ID
![Andi K]()
Andi K
on May 05, 2012
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It is definitely Obedient plant. It is very invasive. I have to pull out tons of them every spring and just leave what I want.
![June W]()
June W
on May 05, 2012
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I would say foxglove but it's a little early in VA.
![Neva F]()
Neva F
on May 05, 2012
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Looks like Obedient plant to me only it blooms in MI in Aug.-Sept.
![Cindy F]()
Cindy F
on May 05, 2012
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Obedient plant!
![Tina H]()
Tina H
on May 05, 2012
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No, It IS an Obedient plant and I'd stake my life on that. They do spread like crazy but can be pulled out easily as they aren't deep rooted. They are great for a shaded corner and bloom in the FALL. Give some to your friends. www.glenviewgardeners.org
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Judith O
on May 05, 2012
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looks like Veronica (speedwell) ? also looks like the Foxglove, Scrophulariaceae (digitalis) but early, (blooms May-Sept.)
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Brenda A
on May 05, 2012
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Just looked it up in my book, yest it is obedient plant.
![Val L]()
Val L
on May 05, 2012
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Obedient Plant or False Dradonhead (Physostegia virginiana) got its common name because you can bend the individual flowers in any direction you like. It does grow like wildfire....but it's great for filling a large empty space that is mostly shady and wet. It is about 2' tall and will multiply about 3' per yr.
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Terry
on May 05, 2012
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Definitely obedient plant.
![Eulalia]()
Eulalia
on May 05, 2012
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wish I had some in my garden. just the right look..
![Carol M]()
Carol M
on May 05, 2012
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Foxglove
![Lily]()
Lily
on May 05, 2012
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Looks like Turtlehead or Obedient Plant
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Becky P
on May 05, 2012
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obedient plant . I used to grow some.
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Colleen C
on May 05, 2012
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I believe this a foxglove at least it looks like the last one I had in my yard.
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Lynda F
on May 05, 2012
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Well, whatever it is, I KNOW I have Foxglove and it definitely is blooming! @Neva S. - Montross is part of the Richmond vicinity so we're not too far apart and my FG is blooming right now. Might depend on where yours is located and how much sun it gets. @Susan P - in Stafford. Oh yeah - another Va. girl and you're REALLY close!! ;~)
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Susan S
on May 05, 2012
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I love this plant, so beautiful I would never destroy!
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Jeanne B
on May 05, 2012
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Thank you all, it looks like obedient plant, according to google images.
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Cindy M
on May 05, 2012
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It's obedient plant, and you will see more and more and more if you don't contain it. I have it at the top and bottom of an incline. The top grows to about 36" but the bottom gets less sun and stays at 18-24". They have newer hybrids now that aren't as invasive.
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Mary G
on May 05, 2012
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Obedient Plant is quite the misnomer. If anything, it is NOT obedient in any way. I don't have it in my gardens any more as it's way too invasive and it's kind of a lanky, unruly plant.
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Terry F
on May 05, 2012
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Try the version "Miss Manners". It's an obedient plant that is actually obedient -- forms a clump and stays put.
![Susan B]()
Susan B
on May 05, 2012
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The flower looks kind of like Honeysuckle.
![Colleen L]()
Colleen L
on May 05, 2012
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looks like a foxglove.
![Carol S]()
Carol S
on May 05, 2012
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i think it looks like foxglove
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Mary anne Z
on May 05, 2012
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I do believe it is the Turtlehead plant. I had one in my wildflower bed at my old house.
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Geri M
on May 05, 2012
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obedient plant
![John W]()
John W
on May 05, 2012
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could it be a Hosta bloom?
![Laura G]()
Laura G
on May 05, 2012
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Looks like the foxglove that volunteered in my back yard. Don't let animals or children get a hold of it. Foxglove is where they get digitalis, the heart drug. It can kill if ingested.
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Kelly S
on May 05, 2012
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It really looks like an obedient plant. A picture of the bottom foliage would help. Does it spread through the roots?
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Sandra R
on May 05, 2012
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It just appeared this year, in a spot that if it spreads is no big deal, so we're going to keep it and see what happens. It's also mixed in with mint. Literally a wild garden area. Thanks again everybody!
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Cindy M
on May 05, 2012
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HONEYSUKLE IS A VINE. OBEDIENT PLANT IS QUITE UNRULY IT SEEMS!
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BONNIE J
on May 05, 2012
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Here we call these foxglove. I have found it easier to have wildflower gardens, they are so much easier to have and always give me surprises as to color. A big plus has been -----NO WEEDING and more time to enjoy the garden. The foxglove provides such a great background for the wild violets, spider wort, along with the jack in the pulpit, verbenas, wild mint, and pink primroses.
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Judy W
on May 05, 2012
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Foxglove, or Digitalis, is a different plant. The blooms are not as outfacing as on the somewhat ironically named obedient plant, or Physotegia.
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Douglas Hunt
on May 06, 2012
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looks like foxglove to me :)
![Jean M]()
Jean M
on May 06, 2012
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Yes, foxglove - or digitalis is the botannical name.
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Phyllis P
on May 06, 2012
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Foxgloves make a nice backdrop in a mixed flower garden because of their height.
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Debi M
on May 06, 2012
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Beard Tongue
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Gloria W
on May 06, 2012
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Just found the handiest website---uswildflowers.com You can search their database by state, identification of flowers made simple divided by color. Books, websites, journals, maps of areas found, etc. Also common names (average of at least 4 for every flower listed so everybody is right) ----Except the buttercup. buttercup is only yellow.
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Judy W
on May 07, 2012
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Gloria K, Dragon Tongue (Beard Tongue) has much smaller flowers and does not grow quite as tall as Foxglove I plant Dragon Tongue in front of Foxglove so I am very familiar with it. Also Dragon Tongue has a "spike" with the flowers on it, where as FoxGlove has leaves and flowers on the same stem
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Debi M
on May 07, 2012
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It sure is not foxglove...cause I've got them planted dosen't look anything like this. Did some research and it is the OBEDIENT PLANT. Which comes in white and pink .
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Gloria W
on May 07, 2012
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http://www.northcreeknurseries.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/plants.plantDetail/plant_id/241/index.htm
![Janet metzger]()
Janet metzger
on May 07, 2012
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Foxgloves...love them!
![Angela G]()
Angela G
on May 07, 2012
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Digitalis
![Linda G]()
Linda G
on May 07, 2012
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Foxglove, same thing.
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Beverly P
on May 07, 2012
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obedient plant has it! I have both fox glove & obedient plant. Obedient is just a little more fragile than fox glove that groves wild here.Both are beautiful in my garden..
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Carol M
on May 08, 2012
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You are right, foxglove does look so similar that it is onviously easy to confuse. Guess I better go back to school huh? Lol...sorry for faux pas.
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Beverly P
on May 15, 2012
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Whatever it is, it is beautiful, wish I had some in my garden
![Debi M]()
Debi M
on May 16, 2012
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Debi, you could certainly grow obedient plant in North Carolina.
![Douglas Hunt]()
Douglas Hunt
on May 16, 2012
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I have so many I have to pull them out! I'm replanting them along the woods line. They can go nuts there.
![Sandra R]()
Sandra R
on May 16, 2012
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Obedient plant...I have them in a fuscia tone.
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Jenni C.
on Jan 31, 2015
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Its Digitalis,or common name Foxglove
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Bkgriffga
on Feb 01, 2015
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OBEDIENT plant, come in pale pinks-lavender and white..They are anything but what the name implies.. great ground cover for a shaded side. plant one and next year its 3 ft. next year its 5 ft... easy to pull up, travel on underground runners..so be careful where you put them.. I love them in arrangements.. My white one is about 12 in high, lavender is about 3 ft, pink mid size..I stake my lavender one otherwise with wind it can flop over.. BEEs LOVE them, great next to a veg garden.... for pollination.
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Wanda sinnema
on Apr 19, 2015
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Obedient plant. It is in the mint family so can be invasive, but very pretty I think. It is not related to Foxglove.
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Pam Kaiser
on Apr 26, 2015
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Beard Tounge known also as False Foxglove from Figwort Family Penstemon genus, very closely resembles the Obedient Plant also known as False Dragonhead which prefers moist soil while the Beard Toungue which grows wild also,I found growing roadside just past the lava flows in the New Mexico mostly dry semi-desert. Gathered seed and brought them home to try in the mountains. Time will tell.
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Mimi Haywood
on Apr 27, 2015
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Foxglove
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Verilea poole
on May 18, 2015
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don't let your cat or dog chew it up if you have either. :(....bad for them.
![Jean M]()
Jean M
on May 22, 2015
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I thought it was Foxglove, son has quite a few of them. Our dogs seem to leave them alone. Have not heard of other names, but I don't know a lot about them. Tried to get some of the seeds into one of my flower beds by placing stem on dirt but think the seeds had already been spent so no flowers this year in my bed. Son still had blooms though.
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BettyLou
on Jun 04, 2015
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That's definitely obedient plant. I call it disobedient plant because the dark pink/purple ones are outrageously invasive! They send runners under the soil and pop up everywhere! The white ones are NOT invasive.
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Katherine
on Jun 27, 2015
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agree with Katherine from NC.. Obedient plant.. comes in white, pale pink, lavender, maybe more.. My white one IS invasive..... make nice filler in arrangements.. the lavender one I have grown about 4 ft tall,,
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Wanda sinnema
on Jun 27, 2015
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obedient plant - available in pink and also white
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Wbirnbaum
on Sep 19, 2015
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Definitely a foxglove. The drug digitalis is derived from this plant.
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Laura
on Jun 16, 2016
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Digitalis Foxy, aka: foxglove . The drug digitalis was derived from this plant .....can be poisonous if ingested
![Debra Spencer]()
Debra Spencer
on Jun 21, 2016
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Foxglove
![Brenda]()
Brenda
on Jun 21, 2016
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It's definitely a foxglove, my mother had them in her garden when I was a child, I am 70 now and still remember them, they're gorgeous.
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Patricia Harris
on Jun 23, 2016
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I don't know where they got Canada from? I'm English and live in Spain!!!
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Patricia Harris
on Jun 23, 2016
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If it is a large plant it is Foxglove. If it is a similar shape but a small flower not a heavy Stem with large leaves it may be an obedient plant. The obedient plant has small bell shaped flowers that bloom up the stem in succession. The Foxglove has a large bell shipped flower that also blooms up the stem in succession but tends to have more flowers in bloom at a time. IT is also a Bi-annual which means that it grows on year, blooms the next and then dies. I didn't have much success with it seeding and continuing to propagate but the Obedient plant seeds prolifically and multiplies quickly. Do a google search for https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&r... or https://www.google.com/search?q=Obedient+Plan... for photo's of foxglove and then obedient plant. My first thought was Foxglove, but after looking at the picture, I wonder if it isn't actually an Obedient Plant
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Carey
on Oct 08, 2016
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my thought was obedient plant as well.
![Sue Kiene]()
Sue Kiene
on Oct 23, 2016
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It looks like an obedient. You can bend the stem and it will remain bent for a good while thus the name....
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Stephanie corley
on Oct 23, 2016
Janet metzger
on May 05, 2012
Mary S
on May 05, 2012
Shelby W
on May 05, 2012
Walter Reeves
on May 05, 2012
Andi K
on May 05, 2012
Jennifer H
on May 05, 2012
June W
on May 05, 2012
Neva F
on May 05, 2012
Cindy F
on May 05, 2012
Tina H
on May 05, 2012
Judith O
on May 05, 2012
Brenda A
on May 05, 2012
Val L
on May 05, 2012
Terry
on May 05, 2012
Eulalia
on May 05, 2012
Carol M
on May 05, 2012
Lily
on May 05, 2012
Becky P
on May 05, 2012
Colleen C
on May 05, 2012
Lynda F
on May 05, 2012
Susan S
on May 05, 2012
Jeanne B
on May 05, 2012
Cindy M
on May 05, 2012
Mary G
on May 05, 2012
Terry F
on May 05, 2012
Mary anne Z
on May 05, 2012
Geri M
on May 05, 2012
John W
on May 05, 2012
Laura G
on May 05, 2012
Kelly S
on May 05, 2012
Sandra R
on May 05, 2012
BONNIE J
on May 05, 2012
Judy W
on May 05, 2012
Douglas Hunt
on May 06, 2012
Jean M
on May 06, 2012
Phyllis P
on May 06, 2012
Debi M
on May 06, 2012
Gloria W
on May 06, 2012
Angela G
on May 07, 2012
Beverly P
on May 07, 2012
Jenni C.
on Jan 31, 2015
Bkgriffga
on Feb 01, 2015
Wanda sinnema
on Apr 19, 2015
Pam Kaiser
on Apr 26, 2015
Mimi Haywood
on Apr 27, 2015
BettyLou
on Jun 04, 2015
Katherine
on Jun 27, 2015
Wbirnbaum
on Sep 19, 2015
Laura
on Jun 16, 2016
Debra Spencer
on Jun 21, 2016
Brenda
on Jun 21, 2016
Patricia Harris
on Jun 23, 2016
Carey
on Oct 08, 2016
Sue Kiene
on Oct 23, 2016
Stephanie corley
on Oct 23, 2016
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