Help identify this flower

April 26, 2007 9:40 PM

BotanistFi: Help us identify this flower...

My wife and I were walking around our neighborhood and we saw this flower:

[Picture on Flickr]

We'd like to try to plant them in our own yard, but Google's image search didn't seem to help ( and we're painfully shy with our neighbors).

posted by dvf1976 to Home & Garden (8 answers total)

Glacier buttercup?
posted by damnjezebel at 9:55 PM on April 26, 2007

Looks like Oenothera speciosa aka Pink Evening Primrose to me.

Easy grower, spreads well, and absolutely lovely in bloom.
posted by faineant at 9:58 PM on April 26, 2007

There's also this variety of geranium. What did the rest of the plant look like? And where are you?
posted by dilettante at 10:01 PM on April 26, 2007

Another variation is Mexican Evening Primrose. It's lovely and hearty, and doesn't need much water.
posted by tula at 10:03 PM on April 26, 2007

I think Faineant meant to link to this.
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 10:52 PM on April 26, 2007

icelandic poppies
posted by b33j at 2:38 AM on April 27, 2007

The Primroses have it. It's a Mexican Primrose. They grow very well in temperate climates and bloom through the spring and summer. They spread, but they're not too hard to get rid of if they spread into an area where you don't want them.
posted by mudpuppie at 11:27 AM on April 27, 2007

Well that is weirdness; I can see my link got doubled with the opening page link, but I still get the correct page when I click on it - apologies, and thank you Steven C. Den Beste, yes that is the page I intended.
posted by faineant at 12:56 PM on April 27, 2007