I thought I would go over to the garden and see if I could find a photograph there. I was so surprised to see that "my" plant which I bought at a nursery several years ago, had all these black pods on it! So here's the tricky part... My sister Joan had one of these plants in her back yard. It has small blue flowers on it when it is in bloom. The plant is now close to four feet tall. Joan can't remember which plant it is, unfortunately. I have never seen the black pods on it before - that must be because the plant needed to reach a certain age. I asked Kathy what she thought the pods were, and she suggested that they were seed pods. So I opened one up. She was right, as usual... :-) I should have photographed some of the leaves. I will say that there are three leaves at each junction on a branch. The leaves are about 1.5 inches long, and look like a water drop, and have smooth edges. Any guesses out there?
False Indigo Baptisia?
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Thank you anonymous. I googled blue flower with seed pods and it was Baptista (Blue False Indigo) that I had planted at my former home that my brother spoke of.
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I cannot visualize the plant but I like the photos you are showing, especially with the open seed pod. bsk
ReplyDeleteOH WOW! You figured it out! Nice going! I tried a couple of plant identification websites, but since I didn't know some of the terms used to describe leaves, for instance, I never got to anything that looked like my plant. Thank you, thank you. And that was cool, Joan that you remembered the plant that you had. How cool is this, to have so many knowledgable readers! That makes this blog so much fun for me.
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