Mystery Seedling -- up to date pics

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Mystery Seedling -- up to date pics

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Here is the supposedly-heuchera-but-definitely-not seedling, as it appears this morning. It's in a 3 1/2 inch pot, and is about 4 inches high at present. I've done three pics from different angles, so you can get a better idea of its shape. The main stem is fuzzy, but that doesn't show up on the pic. Phyllis

I've just added some additional pics, taken today, April 10. You can see all the side shoots coming off the main stem. The pics are on a new post on this thread.
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I have no idea, Phyllis, but I hope it's something good and not a weed......:lol:
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My sentiments exactly, Lucy! The leaves are really lovely, and very large for the size of the plant, so when it grows up I think it will be very tropical looking, and not a bit weedy. Time will tell -- can hardly wait to see it flower! Phyllis
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ALmost looks like a tropical hibiscus
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Notmartha -- It does look like a hibiscus, doesn't it? Whatever it is, its seed needs to have been very tiny, because it was mixed in with heuchera seeds and chaff, all of which is pulverized so it looks like fairy dust. A large seed would have been noticeable, for sure. We'll just have to keep waiting to see what it is. Phyllis
PS I have NO hibiscus plants at all!
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It looks like my annual salvia by the shape of the leaves and the hairiness of them but salvia seeds are much bigger than the heuchera. Sure don't think it is a weed.

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Phyllis, are you taking bets? :lol: :lol: :lol:
What about a birch tree sdlg.? I have been tracking seeds in on my clothes..... :bd:
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Here are the new pics -- still don't know what to make of this plant! Phyllis
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2005 4 10 Mystery plant top view.jpg
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Sorry, no idea...
Do not think it is a hibiscus, a birch or salvia, but do not have a clue :oops:
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Phyllis, I still don't know what it is but they are comming up all over the woodland park where DW and I walk. They are starting to show a cluster of small, white, 4 petal flowers.
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Thanks, everybody, for the guesses. I'll look for flowers, but this plant seems as if it's going to be huge, not ground-hugging. Also, the leaves appear shiny and pleated when they first appear, but as they age, they develop a soft, suede-like feel. The plot (and the mystery) thickens!!! Phyllis
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