Calandrinia is it?

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This one grows where I planted Calandrinia seeds. This is actually its third year in the garden and looks like it might bloom. Sorry, in a way, about the rain drops in the picture. Fran

Frances Howey
London,Ontario, Canada
Zone 5b

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deesen (not verified)

Fri, 08/10/2012 - 11:06am

Purely from memory but I think it's an annual.

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Mark McDonough

Fri, 08/10/2012 - 1:52pm

Calandrinia grandiflora is listed as a "drought resistant perennial" on numerous California sites, but that's California.  Found one site that listed it as a Zone 7 tender perennial. Perhaps the annual/perennial characteristic has more to do with hardiness and climate. This plant is new to me, so I'm looking forward to discovering more about it.

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Howey (not verified)

Fri, 08/10/2012 - 2:59pm

Same here, Mark.  Perhaps it is a biennial as it has taken a couple of years to get to this point.  Somewhere on Dave's Garden it says it gets to be three feet high.  I can hardly wait for it to bloom - it is supposed to be a July, Aug. Sept. bloomer - till frost.  No buds yet but the foliage looks quite lush.  Have been putting baggies on buds (Dahlias) and seed pods (Zephyranthes) so the squirrels don't collect them before I get a chance to.  Oh, the joys of gardening!  Fran

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deesen (not verified)

Sat, 08/11/2012 - 11:55am

A few pictures here from plants I grew in 2008 from seed, I think from the SRGC Exchange. They flowered once and then met their demise! They grew to a couple of feet high on lax (very!) stems.

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Howey (not verified)

Sun, 08/12/2012 - 7:11am

David:  They're lovely.  The flower is similar to another non-hardy succulent I grow - not sure of its name but the leaves and habit are quite different.  Fran

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Lori S. (not verified)

Sun, 08/12/2012 - 8:26am
Howey wrote:

The flower is similar to another non-hardy succulent I grow - not sure of its name but the leaves and habit are quite different.  Fran

Might that be Talinum paniculatum, Fran?