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Plant ID
« on: November 13, 2012, 08:15:26 pm »
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/b7y8fjqtd7f2zju/IMG955520.jpg

any ideas? not loosestrife, moist soil compartment, blooming now, SE Texas.

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Re: Plant ID
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2012, 08:22:34 pm »
I grow A variety of that in one of my flowere gardens!  It looks like a mint til it blooms but the flower is not right.  I feel so frustrated that I cannot remember the name! 

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Re: Plant ID
« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2012, 09:54:47 pm »
It sure resembles spearmint right before the bloom doesnt it? Except for the inflorescence is way too long.

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Re: Plant ID
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Re: Plant ID
« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2012, 10:55:08 pm »
I think we have a winner! X:X

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Re: Plant ID
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2012, 11:14:44 am »
I don't know the leaves are a little different.  Does your plant have a square stem?  The borage pictured does not look like it does.  So very many varietals too.  Glad my life doesn't depend on eating it.