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Title: I think I'm growing steak sauce
Post by: qa33010 on June 06, 2009, 11:34:48 am

    About two years back I planted a bunch of seeds my sister sent me a long time ago (early 90's).  I pulled most up this year before I realized they were a desired plant.  Bees were on it last year but have not seen any this year other than solitary bees.  I don't know the name, never have, but they are small white flowers in small clumps.  The plant is about three and a half feet high and the smell that comes off is very aromatic and reminds me of A-1 Steak Sauce.

     Anyone have any ideas?  I've had a lot of folks ask me what they are and I don't have a clue.  I'm going to take a sample with me to our Master Gardeners picnic today and maybe they can help also.  I will probably post this around so you may see it again.

Title: Re: I think I'm growing steak sauce
Post by: Natalie on June 06, 2009, 12:26:56 pm

I don't know, but now you have my interest. Please post the name of the plant when you find out.

Title: Re: I think I'm growing steak sauce
Post by: Bee Happy on June 06, 2009, 12:32:59 pm

yeah, ditto Natalie, I'm interested to know what kind of plant smells like A-1 - you might have the secret ingredient

Title: Re: I think I'm growing steak sauce
Post by: Cindi on June 06, 2009, 01:54:31 pm

qa33010.  Ditto, tell the name, we want to know.  Anything that smells like any kind of steak sauce has certainly caught my interest, smiling....beautiful days, to love and live, health.  Cindi

Title: Re: I think I'm growing steak sauce
Post by: qa33010 on June 08, 2009, 01:22:11 am

   Here's a link of a picture I took last year.  I noted it as baby's breath but that is not it.  Still trying to figure it out.

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j110/mydarlingheathens/Collage/P1010800.jpg

    This MAAAYY be a little clearer'

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j110/mydarlingheathens/What%20is%20this%20or%20these/P1040664.jpg

    I have some folks stopping and sampling the air when the wind is right.  Kind of funny to watch some of them do it.

Title: Re: I think I'm growing steak sauce
Post by: Bee Happy on June 08, 2009, 02:30:57 am

that looks like dill to me, but I couldn't swear to it.

Title: Re: I think I'm growing steak sauce
Post by: Little John_NC on June 08, 2009, 06:21:12 am

Looks like Queen Anne's Lace to me.

Title: Re: I think I'm growing steak sauce
Post by: dragonfly on June 09, 2009, 10:51:17 pm

It also looks very similar to Prairie Bishop's-Weed. Whatever it is, it appears to be in the parsley family.

Title: Re: I think I'm growing steak sauce
Post by: Little John_NC on June 10, 2009, 12:03:00 am

http://www.paghat.com/queenanneslace.html     Interesting read.
I agree with the parsley family.

Title: Re: I think I'm growing steak sauce
Post by: doak on June 10, 2009, 07:42:58 pm

Resembles dill plant some.
doak :)

Title: Re: I think I'm growing steak sauce
Post by: Little John_NC on June 10, 2009, 08:50:38 pm

My wife says Baby's Breath
Gypsophila muralis (Caryophyllaceae)  :roll:

Title: Re: I think I'm growing steak sauce
Post by: dragonfly on June 11, 2009, 12:45:38 pm

It doesn't look like Baby's Breath to me.  :?

Title: Re: I think I'm growing steak sauce
Post by: Cindi on June 12, 2009, 12:33:59 am

Absolutely not dill, perhaps Queen Anne's Lace.  But I have a hunch that it is garlic chives.  They are beautifully perfumed, the bees LOVE the pretty, fragrant white flowers.  Get a load of this picture, I bet this is what you have growing.  It grows wild in my gardens, self-seeds like the dickens.....and boy it it nice in the salad, if you like chives, and really like garlic, chomp away......beautiful days, to enjoy this live we are all livin' and sharin', health.  Cindi

(http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/5709/garlicchivesbee640x480.jpg) (http://img188.imageshack.us/i/garlicchivesbee640x480.jpg/)

Title: Re: I think I'm growing steak sauce
Post by: qa33010 on June 17, 2009, 01:47:31 pm

    I think that may be it Cindi!  I know they are all over the garlic blooms that were planted by accident in the backyard a couple years ago (just need to figure out when to dig one or two up for the table).  The mint started blooming so I have bees all over the place up front and out back.  It's great, especially the smell coming off the hives! 

Thank you again Cindi and everyone for replying!!!

Title: Re: I think I'm growing steak sauce
Post by: Cindi on June 17, 2009, 02:26:18 pm

qa33010.  Bees love the allium flowers, all of species.  You can dig up some garlic anytime that you choose.  I am digging up the ones that self-seeded from the garlic bulbils last summer, about the size of a marble.  Next year these would make the bulbs that have the cloves.  This year they will only produce one bulb, but they are yummy......love the baby garlic.  Have that wonderful day, to love and live, health.  Cindi