big purple

[bluespade]

Anybody know what kind of flower this is?

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Doug
Blue Spade Productions

[Gisela]

It's a big purple one.

[sandge]

I think it may be an osteospermum.

See http://www.osteospermum.com/

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[yessel]

Osteospermum has just become my word of the day. I'm going down to Agway to see if they have any osteospermums.

[ReNae]

It looks as though it's part of the sunflower family - not sure which kind though. There are many new variations - you could always go to your local garden store and take a look at all the differenet sunflower seed packets for its name.

Also if you notice the unbloomed bud to your left - it's going to bloom in the yellows. You enhanced this in purple. I did the same thing with my sunflower pic against a yellow background for a poster. We'll call it lavendar sunshine!

Warmth,
ReNae

[bluespade]

no, it is an osteopermum, or african daisy. the website that was given was right. there are tons of them around here... an nice wild looking and big flower.

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Doug
Blue Spade Productions

[arlene]

It's an echinacea otherwise known as a purple coneflower. It is a relative of the black eyed susan, so much so that before they bloom, it's very hard to tell the leaves apart. This flower also comes in a white variety.

Oh and yes this is the same echinacea used as an herb for treatment of colds.



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