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Sms1988

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Jul 14, 2002, 7:24:27 PM7/14/02
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my niece recently moved from pennsylvania to california and sent her mother
pictures of highway 1.Along the highway were massed of pink flowers. she didn't
know what kind they were so I was wondering if anyone that lives in calif that
is familiar with them could tell me what kinds of flowers they are.they were
really nice..thanks

Tsu Dho Nimh

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Jul 14, 2002, 9:33:29 PM7/14/02
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sms...@aol.com (Sms1988) wrote:

>my niece recently moved from pennsylvania to california and sent her mother
>pictures of highway 1.

Where on 1? Or did she mean 101 - it runs the full length of the
coast, doesn't it?

>Along the highway were massed of pink flowers. she didn't
>know what kind they were so I was wondering if anyone that lives in calif that
>is familiar with them could tell me what kinds of flowers they are.they were
>really nice..thanks

FLAT plants? probably ice plants

Bushy plants? probably oleanders

Tsu Dho Nimh

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Jul 14, 2002, 10:28:07 PM7/14/02
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On Sun, 14 Jul 2002 18:33:29 -0700, Tsu Dho Nimh <aba...@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>
>Where on 1? Or did she mean 101 - it runs the full length of the
>coast, doesn't it?
>
>>Along the highway were massed of pink flowers. she didn't
>>know what kind they were so I was wondering if anyone that lives in calif that
>>is familiar with them could tell me what kinds of flowers they are.they were
>>really nice..thanks
>
>FLAT plants? probably ice plants
>
>Bushy plants? probably oleanders
>

I think you're right about oleanders. I was in Silicon Valley two
weeks ago and saw them growing profusely along all highways from San
Francisco to Santa Cruz. They were everywhere and in solid bloom. And
yes, it is Hiway 101.

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Flannel PJ

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Jul 18, 2002, 5:53:58 PM7/18/02
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Could be California poppies. I just bought a pink one and will put it in my
garden. They reseed so should be some next year. I've only seen the orange
ones before.

PJ

LCharvon

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Jul 19, 2002, 10:38:20 AM7/19/02
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>1.Along the highway were massed of pink flowers

We haved a lot of oleander growing in the freeway centers here in California,
which have lots of pink or yellow or white flowers!

They might have been what she saw!
LC in Sunny So Cal

MLEBLANCA

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Jul 19, 2002, 10:21:33 PM7/19/02
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In article <es1gju48c46evokbh...@4ax.com>, animaux
<ani...@908wefoh.org> writes:

>>> my niece recently moved from pennsylvania to california and sent her
>mother
>>> pictures of highway 1.Along the highway were massed of pink flowers. she
>>> didn't
>>> know what kind they were so I was wondering if anyone that lives in calif
>that
>>> is familiar with them could tell me what kinds of flowers they are.they
>were
>>> really nice..thanks
>

These "pink flowers" could be almost anything.....
Since Hwy 1 begins about Santa Monica and continues
upstate to north of Fort Bragg they could be a lot of things.
Hwy 1 can be a little twisty road clinging to the cliffs
along the oecan-cool, windy, foggy- and then it snakes
inland to share its road with US 101, which can be hot and
dry.
They could be natives, something planted by CalTrans, or
a naturalized garden escapee.
Oleanders
Iceplant
Clarkia or (Godetia)
Wild Sweet Pea
or even naturalized Foxgloves
Fireweed
Monardella
Sidalcea
We don't even know what time of year it was.
Or if they were shrubs.

Emilie


Allview

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Jul 20, 2002, 7:40:30 AM7/20/02
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I'm not familiar with CA flowers but around Ohio highways they use cosmos. Are
they all one shade of pink. Cosmos are usually mixed with some being very dark
but most a pretty pink.

Marilyn

Flannel PJ

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Jul 23, 2002, 12:52:51 AM7/23/02
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Those are nice and don't look like the Cal poppy I just bought. Don't look
anything like our primroses up here either.

PJ

> From: animaux <ani...@908wefoh.org>
> Organization: Road Runner - Texas
> Reply-To: ani...@908wefoh.org
> Newsgroups: rec.gardens
> Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 12:37:14 GMT
> Subject: Re: pink flowers on california highway question
>
> I would doubt that they are California poppies. They are probably primrose.
> Look at this:
>
> http://www.pbase.com/image/1750002

Tyra Trevellyn

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Jul 23, 2002, 12:19:48 PM7/23/02
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: -- olive olive@cff&fc.comix wrote:

>
>Without more infomation it's hard to say. Likely Oenothera
>speciosa: an evening primrose.
>
>Different from the yellow evening primrose,O. missouriensis (or
>something close to that), that's widely grown.
>
>Not sure what it's requirments are, but I've never seen it
>anywhere but California. I expect it won't survive much below
>freezing.

Oenothera speciosa (Showy Evening Primrose) is hardy to Zone 5. It's not native
to the western states, but that doesn't mean it couldn't have naturalized. The
plant is very very very invasive. (Come and see my O. speciosa plantation.)

Best,
Tyra
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