Ok, now that that felt so good, let's do it again ;-)
Here is a bush that flowered behind my north-facing chimney, it is mostly shade there. It bloomed at the end of May. I'm thinking it might be a kind of honeysuckle?
And this is a plant that spread like crazy once it came up, so very weedy. I guess it is a kind of ground cover since it spread so easily, but it is tall, over a foot high. The white flowers have fused petals, and grow beneath the leaves. It grew in a very shady corner, it gets almost no direct sun. It started flowering in early June, and it is still getting new flowers even while the seeds on the older plants are ripening.
After about a month, they developed these pods, which are turning a cool orange color:
When you pull open a pod, there is one seed inside:
So, flower detectives, what do you think?
3 comments:
The 2nd plant looks like a ground cherry or husk tomato. If it is, you can eat the berries once they are red (they're toxic when they're green).
The bottom one looks like it is from the Physalis family. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physalis
It is part of the Nightshade family (potatoes, tomatoes) and some fruits are edible, but many are poisonous so no munching til you find out for certain!
The top pic I am pretty sure isn't a honeysuckle. It could be a jasmine or a chilean potato plant. Will have a think (and forward to my mum - she's good at plants!)
I passed the first plant pic on to my mum, she agreed it might well be a Jasmine (try Trachelospermum jasminoides http://www.floridata.com/ref/T/trac_jas.cfm)
Does this look like a close enough match?
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