Hi Dan! It's a Lychnis coronaria, aka Rose campion. It's a highly desirable ornamental garden plant for hot dry areas. It's very drought resistant because of its reflective colour and fine hairs that cover it. It's quite expensive to buy.
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=3417 It's a biennial, but reseeds like crazy so that's why you keep getting it in large quantities. Cheers! On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 5:23 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com> wrote: > These wildflowers (or weeds) grow on the fringes of our lot, and > invade any part of it that isn't maintained as lawn or landscaped > beds. They are reasonably attractive while in bloom, but rather ugly > later in the season. Since they are more colorful than what would > otherwise grow in those area, I have let them grow and expand, but I > never really knew what they are. > > Any help in identifying them would be appreciated. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15849734 > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15849732 > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
