November 16, 2017

Plant ID

The previous owners of our house left their potted plants behind. Anyone know what these are?
This one has a mound of green leaves from which delicate stalks emerge, tipped with small pale purple and white flowers.
These are newer growth leaves. The older leaves are darker green and kinda leathery. The newer leaves aren't leathery. The leather texture might not be natural to the plant, but a symptom of severe drought.

I was hopeful that unknown plant #2 was oregano. But the leaves have absolutely no odor. When we brought it in from the front porch before our first frost, periwinkle-blue flowers started to bloom.
In other nature related news, the birds have found the feeder I put up in our little back yard. It's located next to the fence, near the neighbors old growth trees. The birds flit to the feeder from the neighbors' trees and flit back into the trees for cover. Our little plot is more of an clean slate. The space was recently fenced in and cleared of growth (if there was any) and replanted (within the last year?) with a handful of specimens. Someone obviously either had a long-term plan for what they planted or planted at random in order to make the house more attractive to sell. More plant ID to come once I get into the garden with my camera.

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