Here are a couple more pictures of the perennial I don't know in the Native Garden in the BBG. See the leaves are tall, about 18"-24" on sappy, straight stems, and the flowers are held right above them. Very sweetly scented.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Mysterious Perennial
Here are a couple more pictures of the perennial I don't know in the Native Garden in the BBG. See the leaves are tall, about 18"-24" on sappy, straight stems, and the flowers are held right above them. Very sweetly scented. 
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some sort of Actaea ?
ReplyDeleteOoh...I think you're on the right track, Donna! I remember seeing the name doll's eyes, somewhere on a label. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteAt first I thought Fothergilla, before seeing the leaves. I'm on the White or Red Baneberry trail. Acteae.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/galleryw5.html
I think Fothergilla might be the right track after all..especially when this site calls them "honey-scented bottle brush" flowers which is what seem like its salient features to me --
ReplyDeletehttp://www.naturallandscapesnursery.com/fothergilla.htm
QC, nope; fothergilla is a shrub. flower is of a similar fluffiness, though.
ReplyDeleteI'm convinced by the actea, not sure of the species, though.
It's OK, you can rest on your papaw/pawpaw laurels :-)
From the serrations on the leaf, I'd say Actaea. (Fothergilla has a more rounded leaf. Also, Fothergilla is gloriously coloured in autumn, if you recall seeing it then)
ReplyDeleteMind you, I was uncertain until I scrambled into a cupboard of "cold climate" books!And that rose? Still looking.
Looking at the Flatbush Gardener's flickr photostream has laid to rest our problem:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/flatbushgardener/3530247712/in/set-72157618116619030/
Actaea pachypoda it is.
I used to live on Flatbush Avenue...the old joke about what your pornstar name would be? Your first pet's name, and your current street. At the time I would have been:
Muffy Flatbush.
Ta-raaaa.