by Stewart Robert Hinsley <{$news$}@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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May 5, 2008 at 09:57 AM
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ncstockguy <ncstockguy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>Here's another one for the plant gurus... plants are about 30 inches
>tall and blooming now. The blossoms seem to open and close with the
>passage of the sun. I thought they might be balloon flowers, but don't
>think so. Any ideas what they might be?
>
>http://www.fotothing.com/photos/us/27002.jpg
>
>http://www.fotothing.com/photos/us/27001.jpg
If I saw them here (England) I'd identify them as Silene latifolia
(White Campion). (By balloon flower do you mean Silene vularis (Bladder
Campion)?)
However there are also a number of American species with white flowers.
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Stewart Robert Hinsley
