unknowns #2 and #3

[razka3]

Since you guys were so great at IDing the last unknown I posted. I've found 2 more.

One is growing in a pot that I had set aside last year and I have no idea what it could be. Has little bluish flowers, the whole plant is maybe 2 inches across. Looks pretty neat.

The second one I found in the alley behind my house, it looks like it was potted at one point because it had some perlite near it, but was thrown in the alley for some reason?! So I grabbed it and threw it in a spare pot to see what happened. It's some kind of tuber, and the leaves look really cool, so do the flower buds. They look like they are about to burst, so maybe when it opens I'll be able to tell for sure what it is.

Anyone have a clue?

[MothLover]

I'm not so sure about the first one with the blue flowers, but the larger plant looks like a peony. I know that my mom has many in her gardens.

[razka3]

Hey, you are right, it does look like a peony. I didn't know they were tuberous.

[Ross]

I agree on Peony. First one is still a mystery plant to me.

[MothLover]

The best I can figure for the mystery plant is Speedwell. It's a common wild flower that blooms in the early portion of the year. I'm not sure that this is what it is but it's the closest thing that I could find. Hope that helps.

http://www.wildliferanger.com/users/...0Speedwell.JPG

[gmdiaz]

I don't have a clue. . .but I sure do think it was nice of you to save it from the alley toss.

Might have to wait until it blooms but I hope someone can ID it for you.

[snow]

if you touch it with your sleeve does it stick? then it,s a wwd i can,t think the name off just now
otherwise i,m in the dark
2nd one is a peaonie.i like the weed though!

[kavanaru]

Frank, your first plant is Veronica sp. In Europe I would probably say it could be Veronica hederifolia, V. arvensis or V. persica (the last two species grow feral in USA, being V. persica the first option), but I am also not sure which other species grow there on the other side of the Atlantic

the second, no doubt: Paeonia, most probable a cultivar or hybrid of P. officinalis

[snow]

i wished i lived somewhere else

[Tindomul]

Veronica persica. I see it all the time here in NYC.
No clue on the second.