Came up in one of the rose beds. Didn't pull it out because foliage looked interesting. Anybody recognize?
IMG]
formatting link
HB
- posted
13 years ago
ID this plant
Loading thread data ...
- Vote on answer
- posted
13 years ago
"Higgs Boson" wrote
Corpus Christi Texas? I'm thinking mostly along the SC/NC coastal areas. Might be in other places of course. If I'm placing it right, doesn't get very tall (2ft max?) and not hard to control at all in beds. Interesting looking brownish purple and considered a weed by most.
- Vote on answer
- posted
13 years ago
Perhaps related to sorrel.
formatting link
- Vote on answer
- posted
13 years ago
Where are you? What is your climate? Have you seen anything like this in neighboring gardens or growing wild?
- Vote on answer
- posted
13 years ago
Hi It could be Dodonaea 'Purpurea' Purple Hopseed Bush
Emilie
- Vote on answer
- posted
13 years ago
That's what I thought. Without knowing where it is growing, however, I'm not sure.
- Vote on answer
- posted
13 years ago
Santa Monica CA. So. Calif coastal, Mediterranean. US 8
Never seen.
HN
- Vote on answer
- posted
13 years ago
Very good call! I went there and the leaves look very similar. So I will leave it to do its thing for a while and see what happens.
Thank you!
HB
- Vote on answer
- posted
13 years ago
Yes, in Santa Monica, this could indeed be Dodonaea. It's widely planted in southern California. I see several in my own neighborhood.
Watch out! It can grow into a very large shrub -- to 15 feet tall and almost as wide -- and crowd out your rose.
- Vote on answer
- posted
13 years ago
yes. its definantly Dodonea viscosa 'Purpurea' , it makes a beautiful bushy evergreen shrub and has large reddish purple seed pods. It grows very well down here In Cornwall uk, as its incredibly salt tolerant but its main attribute is its resistance to drought, so Ideal in a tub. it seems to be hardy down to -4 celcius and benefits from spring pruning. I grow alot from seed and I would imagine this is how you got yours.
best wishes, Lannerman
- Vote on answer
- posted
13 years ago
Thanks, Lannerman -- but I didn't plant it. It just volunteered one day, and as I wrote earlier, the foliage was so attractive that I thought I'd let it grow for a while. With all the good input from the NG, I am definitely going to nurture it.
Tx to all
HB