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Anthony Darby

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Unknown annual
« on: December 11, 2015, 04:02:41 AM »
Any ideas what this plant, that turned up in a meadow mix, is?
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Re: Unknown annual
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2015, 08:53:23 AM »
Looks like a Vaccaria. Maybe Vaccaria hispanica?
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Re: Unknown annual
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2015, 09:56:02 AM »
Someone has suggested Silene.
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Re: Unknown annual
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2015, 10:08:12 AM »
My thought was Saponaria - which I think is a synonym for  several Vaccaria sp.

 Your plant is a well -flowered type, for sure.
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Re: Unknown annual
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2015, 10:15:34 AM »
Maybe Silene armeria?
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Re: Unknown annual
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2015, 10:25:48 AM »
Very likely, Ashley, I would think.  It is  threads tlikethis that make me think I should  perhaps consider more the use of such annuals/biennials inthe garden.
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Re: Unknown annual
« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2015, 11:05:16 AM »
Looks like Silene armeria. Came in a meadow mix from the USA.
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Re: Unknown annual
« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2015, 11:10:47 AM »
I think Ashley has hit the nail on the head.
I first got this from a friend who simply called it "Aunt Mary" - not sure if that's who gave it to him or if he was using a bit of poetic license on Ar-meria!?
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Re: Unknown annual
« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2015, 11:38:15 AM »
Quote from: Anthony Darby on December 11, 2015, 11:05:16 AM
Came in a meadow mix from the USA.

Amazing that such undefined 'mixes' are still allowed into NZ with its biosecurity rules and history of damage by aliens.
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Re: Unknown annual
« Reply #9 on: December 13, 2015, 07:53:59 AM »
Bought here in a hardware store. It just said "American meadow mix to attract butterflies". They would be harvested in New Zealand and just selected for "origin" - although Silene armeria is a European plant, but naturalised in the USA.
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