Might have weeded out Hypoxis hirsuta the other day. Has grass-like foliage & found the tag later. Hoping it’s still dormant.
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Kathy Purdy discovered the joys of writing in fourth grade, when she started corresponding with a former classmate. She's been writing letters ever since, first on looseleaf, then electronically, and now as weblog entries. That makes you, the blog reader, her pen pal. Her first independent (though frustrating) attempts at gardening were made in high school, though the gardening bug didn't bite hard until her mid-thirties, when she found herself mistress of a rural home on 15 acres. • USDA Hardiness Zone:4 • AHS Heat Zone: 3 • Location: rural; Southern Tier of NY • Geographic type: foothills of Appalachian Mountains • Soil Type: acid clay • Experience level: intermediate • Particular interests: colchicums, narcissus, cottage gardening, NY native plants, gardening with/for children
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Well, you had me on that one. I had to google to figure out what plant you meant! I knew a chrysogonum goldstar, but not this one.
My front space and the neighbors are filled with clumps of grass-like foliage, which I assume are weeds, but I sort of like them and they disappear in the early summer. I don’t think they’re the autumn crocus, which would be desirable (or they are a very unsuccessful type).
I wasn’t familiar with it either until I was sent one as freebie, included with an order. That’s part of the reason why it was easy to overlook.
I’ve done that too! You get into a zone, and forget you moved that perennial over there with new leaves that look like a prolific weed and Oops! Doesn’t Hypoxis have a corm? If so there may still be hope!
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I usually let things grow that I think may be desirable plants that turn out to be weeds. I hope you are right about your plants.
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I have my share of wait-and-see plants, too, but this was the opposite problem: I thought it was a weed, so pulled it. I could be wrong. Last year was when I planted it, and it didn’t take up much space, in the ground or in the virtual garden in my head. Once I found the tag, I even had to look up where exactly I had planted it.