Plant ID help needed

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Dario

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We went out with my in-laws this Friday and saw these.

Can anyone help ID the plant on the first pic? I want to find and buy some.

Next pic is a nice burl table. I am not 100% sure but I believe it is manzanita burl and it is the biggest I've seen so far! :eek:

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"dangleus testiciezeus" better know as dingle berry weed. sometimes seen with a blue-ish color, and generally found warm climates with high humidity.......oh no he didn't:eek:
 
Yes it is a fuschia. They make great hanging baskets, come in a pretty good mix of colors (including whites, pinks, purples and red), and the hummingbords love them.
 
Dario,
I tried to grow one in Houston, didn't do so well.. may have just needed more attention, but it was almost growing wild in my yard California. Would like to grow them here in TN, but think the winters might be too much for them.
 
Are you going to make a pen out of one? If so, make a blank for me! :biggrin:

BTW, that table looks like it would make some nice pens too! :biggrin:
 
Chuck, they won't like Tennessee! Unless you bring the baskets in at night. I grew up in Cal. too. Me and my brothers used to have wars with them with the pods before they opened. My Mom loved that...

Dario, is that your daughter? What an absolute doll! I have one about her age, she's my girlfriend. And I'm the only boyfriend she's ever allowed to have.

Forget the burl, that is one lovely family!

Dale
 
It's a fuschia - and a beauty. They don't take cold well, prefer partial shade. Here in So California I try to make sure the soil doesn't dry out all the way in our extreme summer heat.
 
Chuck you might want to do some searching around as there is a perennial fuschia that should survive in your zone. (I had some up here in NY and it survived quite a few winters until we had a harder one.) The flowers aren't doubles (like Dario's picture) but they are purple and red and flower for a long time.
 
leehljp said:
Are you going to make a pen out of one? If so, make a blank for me! :biggrin:

BTW, that table looks like it would make some nice pens too! :biggrin:
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Hank,

Nope just as a plant. I love plants but very difficult to have much in an apartment. My porch has the most plant in our complex which have more than 200 units.

The table really made me drool.

spiritwoodturner said:
Dario, is that your daughter? What an absolute doll! I have one about her age, she's my girlfriend. And I'm the only boyfriend she's ever allowed to have.

Forget the burl, that is one lovely family!

Dale
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Dale,

Yes, Kathryn is our 5 year old and she is indeed a doll.

I sure am lucky to be a part of this family, my in-laws are nowhere near what I "usually" hear about in-laws. :wink::biggrin: Made the trips (pick-up and dropping off) really worth it and "painless". I drove about 650 miles yesterday to do just that.

Thanks guys!!!
 
I must agree i too know Bleeding Hearts as Dicentra spectabilis.
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But it is a problem in using common names, different parts of the world can use the same name for different plants.

Chuck have a look for Fuchsia magellanica, they are pretty tough plants.
 
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