Showing posts with label Identification. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Identification. Show all posts

Friday, June 5, 2009

Help With a Plant Identification: Linaria Purpurea, aka Toadflax

Can someone help me identify this plant? I purchased it at a plant sale in Maine last fall. It was labeled 'toadflax'. I researched toadflax and found there is a blue type, as well as the 'butter and eggs' type. This is blue so perhaps it is a toadflax? If so, does anyone grow it and can you tell me something about it?

Here is a close up of the foliage. It is finely cut. The plant is 2-3 feet tall and is growing in part shade. It forms a clump 2 feet around of loose stems. It is a real stunner and has been blooming about a month now. It is a herbaceous perennial.

Thanks for any help in advance!

in the garden....
Hello! I am back home now. I'll be around as soon as I am awake after a long night of driving!
Don't forget about Andrea Wulf's talk tomorrow at the Nashville Public Library. Hope to see you there once we are unpacked and the laundry is all done:)

Thanks Joy and Anonymous (In Sweden) for the help with identifying this sweet little purple plant! It is indeed Linaria purpurea, aka Toadflax.