can someone identify these flowers/grasses
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can someone identify these flowers/grasses FireBrick 08-02-2006
Posted by FireBrick on August 2, 2006, 12:35 pm
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 The homeowner doesn't speak English all the people I've asked do not know
the name of this beautiful purplish growth.
Tall, about 30" high, very dense and even deeper color in fall.

I think it's a grass, but searching the web has been unsuccessful.

here's the pic
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/w9ol/lawn/purplegrass1.jpeg


I even went to one of the bigger surburban garden shops, and described it to
blank stares....

Only one home in the area has these...I'd like to be the second.

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Posted by Deb Hayes on August 2, 2006, 4:30 pm
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 It looks to me to be Russian Sage...not at all rare in these parts of the
drier side of the Pacific Northwest.

HTH,

Deb


> The homeowner doesn't speak English all the people I've asked do not know
> the name of this beautiful purplish growth.
> Tall, about 30" high, very dense and even deeper color in fall.
>
> I think it's a grass, but searching the web has been unsuccessful.
>
> here's the pic
> http://mywebpages.comcast.net/w9ol/lawn/purplegrass1.jpeg
>
>
> I even went to one of the bigger surburban garden shops, and described it
> to blank stares....
>
> Only one home in the area has these...I'd like to be the second.
>
> --
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
> "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."---Henny
> Youngman
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
> Bill H. in Chicagoland
> webcams at http://24.14.49.4:8080
> weather at http://hhweather.webhop.org
>
>



Posted by Stubby on August 2, 2006, 4:50 pm
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My guess is lavender. Crush some and smell it.

Lavender is dried and a bunch, tied with string around the twigs, is
placed with linens and sheets. A tea can be made of it, but I'm not
sure what curative powers are claimed for it.


FireBrick wrote:
> The homeowner doesn't speak English all the people I've asked do not know
> the name of this beautiful purplish growth.
> Tall, about 30" high, very dense and even deeper color in fall.
>
> I think it's a grass, but searching the web has been unsuccessful.
>
> here's the pic
> http://mywebpages.comcast.net/w9ol/lawn/purplegrass1.jpeg
>
>
> I even went to one of the bigger surburban garden shops, and described it to
> blank stares....
>
> Only one home in the area has these...I'd like to be the second.
>

Posted by Eggs Zachtly on August 2, 2006, 5:00 pm
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FireBrick said:

> The homeowner doesn't speak English all the people I've asked do not know
> the name of this beautiful purplish growth.
> Tall, about 30" high, very dense and even deeper color in fall.
>
> I think it's a grass, but searching the web has been unsuccessful.
>
> here's the pic
> http://mywebpages.comcast.net/w9ol/lawn/purplegrass1.jpeg

Not a grass. It's Russian Sage (Perovskia). It really is a nice plant.
Drought tolerant with long lasting blooms. If you have an area with
well-drained soil and full sun, it will thrive there. Cut it down in
January and it will keep a nice growth through the summer.

>
> I even went to one of the bigger surburban garden shops, and described it to
> blank stares....

Find a better garden shop. That's a pretty common perennial =)

>
> Only one home in the area has these...I'd like to be the second.

You could ask the homeowner if you could take some stem cuttings now. It
propagates fairly easily from summer cuttings. They wouldn't notice if you
were careful enough. =)

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