Flower Identification(3 with photos)

15 years ago

Found this growing in a pot. It's a vining type, very little foliage.

These get taller than me. They get huge white flowers with red centers. I thought it might be a type of hydrangea before it bloomed now the flowers remind me more of hibiscus. In the fall they die back and leave long woody stalks not unlike bamboo with seed heads on the tips. I have broken the stalks back two years in a row and they have come back.

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My kids bought this for me and it didn't have a tag. All they could tell me was they got it from the shade section at the nursery.

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Any help with the identification of these plants would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

-Tina

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Comments (6)

mad_about_mickey
15 years ago
I can help you with two of them. The top one is Nelly Moser Clematis.It blooms now.And should rebloom later. It blooms on old and new wood. Middle one is Hibiscus, you were right ! Can't help you with the last one off the top of my head.
carrie630
15 years ago
the third, maybe some kind of lamium?
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trianglejohn
15 years ago
The third one is Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost' a choice and expensive plant (which looks mighty happy).
aezarien
Original Author
15 years ago
Thank you all so much for taking the time to answer. Mom said that first one is a "weed" that was growing in her yard. She had never seen it bloom though. It didn't bloom for me last year either but it overwintered in a part sun spot last year as opposed to full shade in her yard so maybe that is why.

As far as the Jack Frost goes, it looks a lot better today. That photo is maybe a week after transplant. Today all the flower stems are standing erect.

Thanks again!
-Tina
pricem11
15 years ago
Our B. 'Jack Frost's often seed and make babies around the mother plant. Be careful not to weed these out as they're small and green and don't develop the silver patterns until the leaves get to a good size.

Mark
aezarien
Original Author
15 years ago
Thank you for that extra bit of information. While we did try to keep design elements in mind, this bed was an investment of sorts so we would have an assortment of plants we like to divide/propagate through the years. So... very nice to know they are free seeders!

-Tina