Our mystery seeds for this week come from pods like these.
Do you recognize what plant these seeds are from? If you choose to, please leave a comment with your ideas.
New mystery seeds and Seed of the Week answers are posted on Tuesdays.
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These plants do grow in Arizona, although they are more well known from elsewhere.
You might have seen the seeds someplace besides the garden.
Do you recognize what plant these seeds are from? If you choose to, please leave a comment with your ideas.
New mystery seeds and Seed of the Week answers are posted on Tuesdays.
Edit:Â the answer is now posted.
As Craig recognized, our mystery seeds last week were from a plant known as purpletop vervain, Verbena bonariensis.
Verbenas are common landscape plants in Arizona because they are heat and drought tolerant and give long-lasting blooms.
Purpletop vervain plants have clusters of small, brilliant purple flowers like other verbenas.
They have long stems, however, and a much more upright growth form. Another common name that fits is “verbena on a stick.” They easily reach 4 feet tall or even more.
Typically they are grown as annuals or short-lived perennials.
Purpletop verbain is sometimes misidentified as Brazilian verbena, Verbena brasiliensis. The flowers of the Brazilian verbena are quite different from the purpletop.
The flowers are so lovely on this plant. The photographs don’t do them justice. We are glad the birds decided to “plant” it.
Have you ever had an interesting plant like this one show up in your yard? What was it?
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