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Tall Sunflower like perennial
I talked about this perennial in my garden photos for 2019 thread. It's about 8 feet tall, flowers resemble sunflowers, but don't think it is a sunflower. In my Michigan wildflower book they mention a plant called false sunflower, but they only get to 4 feet. I love this plant, because it's stems are like mini bamboo shoots that I've been using to make a bean trellis and some smaller stakes for pepper plants. Anyone know what this could be? Leaves are horizontally opposed then the next set is at right angles to the first.
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Thanks TomatoNut. I think Applestar mentioned something about Jerusalem Artichoke too, when I posted some photos in my 2019 garden photo thread. I'm not real familiar with it, but will save you some seeds.
I'm thinking maybe they are propagated from the tuber(?) sort of like iris are, if they are J. Artichokes.
I'm thinking maybe they are propagated from the tuber(?) sort of like iris are, if they are J. Artichokes.
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stands of jerusalem artichoke grown from a single variety will not pollinate and won't make viable seed. wild stands where there are multiple genetic individuals usually cross pollinate well and produce (a lot of) viable seed. viable seed requires cross-pollination.
that said, this doesn't look like j.a. to me. worth digging some up to know for sure though!
that said, this doesn't look like j.a. to me. worth digging some up to know for sure though!
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I agree the zoomed up, narrow blade like petals don’t look right for Jerusalem artichoke. I keep thinking I’ve seen this before somewhere but so far casually looking around and plugging in possible keywords haven’t yielded results.
... I think it was probably in Prairie Moon Nursery catalog though. I’ll look when I get the chance.
... I think it was probably in Prairie Moon Nursery catalog though. I’ll look when I get the chance.
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Well. I finally managed to dig up a plant or 2 and these tubers/rhizomes were underneath the plant just below ground level. Maybe this is Jerusalem Artichoke after all? Guess I need to plant these out for next year in a different location and see what happens. Reminds me of iris growing really close to the surface.
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