What are these 2 flowers?/

[bali]

Can anyone name the 2 flowers of mine here?
I like them.
Thanks for your thoughts .........
bali

[zuzu's petals]

Very pretty -
1. Oenothera speciosa ("Evening Primrose")
2. Campanula medium ("Canterbury Bells")

[angmf2233]

Are we having a new contest? NAME THAT FLOWER? I had the second one canterbury bell, cause I had bought one and did not mark it, just saw at the nursery. Exactly like yours. Do they both come in other colors? ZU ZU help us out please.

[jdkline]

They are both beautiful!! Very nice.
Deb

[bali]

Not a contest......Just dumb me.LOL

Thank you kindly for the thougths....I have no idea what they come in.. FIrst time here......
Canterbury is pretty......
So is the Primrose......it came back from winter dead....It is in my poppys.
Thanks
jdk
angm
zuzu

[jessiebella677]

I wish my canterberry bells would do that good!

[Kittyfang]

They both are beautiful, but I have a preference for Canterbury Bells. Does anyone know if they are annuals or perenials? I usually only plant perenials (except for edible plants).

[bali]

Thanks
jessie
Kitty

I think I have white comin on soon, in another bed......
Maybe they are bi annuals
will check that out.
Thanks for kind words and lookin in.

[zuzu's petals]

I think you are right about the Canterbury Bells, Bali - I think it is a hardy biennial.
The Oenothera, I believe, is an herbaceous perennial hardy to zone 5 or so.

Angie, I love your sense of humor, you always give me such a giggle.
You have me imagining the funniest contest - "Name That Plant" ...
... "that one looks like a Sam to me" - "Nah, that's a Fred if I ever saw one"

Anyway, you asked about colors - the Canterbury bells do come in several other colors,
I've seen pink and white (I hope that Bali will share a pic of her white one).
And there are other species of Oenothera that are other colors, too.

[bhscarlett]

I had the pink ones growing wild for some reasons,, in this grass of the home we are now in,,, unfortunately I told my hubby today,, lets get rid of all of those pink weeds, so now they are weed whipped out as I now see what they are or were,, do they come back and i wonder how they got in the grass?, I didnt think primrose opened in day in the grass and thought they smelled good, they had nothing,, and looked weedy like a pink dandelion,, but now i see they werent ,, do they return and do they grow wild like weeds,, and how did they get in the grass? oh I learn so much here, in their case too late, any tips from anyone will be greatly appreciated,, Blessings,, Beth

[zuzu's petals]

Could be that a birdie planted the first one for you out in those weeds, Beth
and then maybe it just kept seeding itself there each year, more and more.

If the roots are undamaged, it will probably grow back, whether you want it to or not.

I don't know that this species has any scent, it isn't actually a real Primrose,
that's just the common name that people call it by,
"Mexican Primrose" or "Evening Primrose" - although mine always bloomed in the daytime -
until I managed to kill it. I think I may be the only human who has ever accomplished this feat.

Don't feel bad for chopping it down,
if it was growing where you didn't want it then it truly was a weed.

[bhscarlett]

yeah felt really bad about its untimely death,, maybe the birds did put it there,, thanks for the words of wisdom and encouragement,, I was really beating myself up badly for that one,, Blessings,, Beth

[bali]

I think you are right about the Canterbury Bells, Bali - I think it is a hardy biennial.
The Oenothera, I believe, is an herbaceous perennial hardy to zone 5 or so.

Angie, I love your sense of humor, you always give me such a giggle.
You have me imagining the funniest contest - "Name That Plant" ...
... "that one looks like a Sam to me" - "Nah, that's a Fred if I ever saw one"

Anyway, you asked about colors - the Canterbury bells do come in several other colors,
I've seen pink and white (I hope that Bali will share a pic of her white one).
And there are other species of Oenothera that are other colors, too.

I shall..It looked more liable today.. BOy the purple did get hugher today.
Now do they only bloom one time now an quit? Not all summer are they?

[ok_nurse]

Beth-
My evening primrose nearly took over one of my flowerbeds. Beautiful but a bit over powering. They just finished blooming so I pulled it all out except for a small patch and planted other hardy perrenials in it's place. I have a strange feeling it will be back next year-even before I read what Zuzu said. If it gets crazy again-it's going in the field! I may even consider doing that now that I heard how hard it is to get rid of. Like that damned Johnson grass with those long runners that go three feet deep and break like brittle-oh sorry. I got carried away. (Hate that stuff-Johnson grass that is). Evening primrose is much prettier than that. Hopefully not as invasive.

[bali]

I just pulled mine out tonite too.....
So invasive.. I put some in another bed, but I arent wild about the invasive types.........