What's this plant?: SOLVED: shrub ID please?

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Lynnie6868 (Zone 5b) November 17, 2009 06:22 PM	I love the fall foliage on this shrub, can anybody tell me what it is? View Larger
3jsmom31 zone 6a, KY November 17, 2009 06:49 PM	Could it be weigelia, like wine and roses or midnight wine or something, maybe.
themoonhowl Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a) November 17, 2009 07:37 PM	This shrub reminds me of a hydrangea and something else....grin. Now if I can just remember what else....grin
3jsmom31 zone 6a, KY November 17, 2009 08:10 PM	Me too. Weigelia doesn't have such heavy leaves in my yard. Wonder about hydrangea macrophylla "Lady in Red"?
themoonhowl Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a) November 17, 2009 08:17 PM	Hey Lynnie, look at this link for H, macrophylla Lady in Red http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.lpstatile....
Lynnie6868 (Zone 5b) November 17, 2009 08:23 PM	Moon you hit it, thanks! It did have pink flowers on it previously, I thought spirea till the leaves turned red. 3jsmom31 I have midnight wine wegeila and the leaves are much smaller. Same pretty color though.
themoonhowl Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a) November 17, 2009 08:28 PM	Too cool, Lynnie. Thanks to 3j'smom for helping to jog the memory...good call.
Lynnie6868 (Zone 5b) November 17, 2009 08:54 PM	3jsmom you're far better than I am at ID'ing plants...if DG had a contest for the WORST I'd win that one lol lucky I have you guys.
3jsmom31 zone 6a, KY November 17, 2009 09:30 PM	Thanks... I guess... think about it some, and eventually remember something. I used to think I knew alot about plants, until I came here :)
Lynnie6868 (Zone 5b) November 17, 2009 09:32 PM	well I can't remember anything OR ID plants! lol Guess I better mark this as solved. Now I wonder if I have enough shade for a couple of these. Fall interest plants get me ridiculously excited..pathetic isn't it? grin
3jsmom31 zone 6a, KY November 17, 2009 09:36 PM	Not ridiculous. You should see all the miscanthus grasses waving their seeds around for fall interest, lol.
Lynnie6868 (Zone 5b) November 17, 2009 10:35 PM	good lord i forgot to mark it! I LOVE miscanthus grasses, it's on my list grin my neverending list of plants i want. I need to work on "bones" first though. I have pennisetum and today I was admiring it's golden tan color, reeds bent over from a light frost, so pretty.
3jsmom31 zone 6a, KY November 17, 2009 11:30 PM	Pennisetums aren't as happy here as miscanthus. I have a pennisetum rubrum blooming in my houseplant area. It made me laugh.
Lynnie6868 (Zone 5b) November 18, 2009 12:02 AM	mine gets purple blooms, it's karly forster. I also have a grass called ruby ribbons, and some dwarf hamlins.
3jsmom31 zone 6a, KY November 18, 2009 12:49 AM	I had moudry for several years but like all the other pennisetums, it disappeared. In fact, the only hardy pennisetum that likes it here is a handful of seedlings from Parks seed packet several years back. Now we have miscanthus strictus babies volunteering all over the yarden. Hmmm. I'll dig you a seedling miscanthus strictus x something in the spring if you remind me. They show nice markings but there are several miscanthus out there so I don't know what it crossed with.
Lynnie6868 (Zone 5b) November 18, 2009 01:18 AM	oooh that would be awesome! thanks! what zone are you?
3jsmom31 zone 6a, KY November 18, 2009 01:20 AM	6 something, I have to check the a or b
Lynnie6868 (Zone 5b) November 18, 2009 01:25 AM	I get zone envy in the spring, lots of stuff I wish I could grow.

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