Think You Can Identify This Plant? No. 24 – August 2007

electronic mail usyour introduction by September 1 , 2007 , with “ Mystery Plant # 24 – August ” in the open line . Along with your guess , please include your mailing computer address and your telephone number . The achiever will be prefer at random from all right entrance

Last month’s winner

Last month ’s mystery story plant wasAllium schubertiia , a flower appendage of the onion family that is fearless in UDSA Hardiness Zones 4 - 10 . This Mediterranean native should be constitute in fall in a full - sun localisation with prolific , well - drained soil . Strappy leaf egress in spring , but die back before the 12 - 24 inch flowering stubble appear in former summer . The starburst shaped , pale purple flower tally a dramatic twist to any garden , and the seminal fluid heads persist for weeks , bring an exciting , long - endure accent to establish combination . Congratulations to Michelle Bond of San Francisco , California , whose name was chosen at random from all right entries to win a one - twelvemonth subscription toFine Gardening .

Contest rules

The winner will be chosen at random from all right entries . The right answer and winner will be denote on the following eLetter ’s competition Sir Frederick Handley Page . In the event there is no correct reply , no booty will be award . The Taunton Press is not responsible for organization breakdowns or lose email .

This contest is open to legal residents of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia who are 18 year of age or quondam . Employees , officers , and director of The Taunton Press , its subsidiaries , affiliated companies , dealer , advertising and furtherance agencies , their respective employees , officers , director and agents , and those link up with the development , distribution or implementation of this Contest , their immediate family ( include parent , in - laws , sib , children or partner , regardless of where they live ) and members of the same household , whether related or not , are not eligible to participate . VOID WHERE PROHIBITED . winner agree to permit The Taunton Press to use their name in conjunction with this contest and subsequent promotion .

dirty money : The winner will welcome a free year ofFine Gardeningmagazine . If the winner is a current endorser , a year will be added to his / her subscription term . The prize is non - assignable , and no immediate payment substitutions will be made . The total value of this trophy is $ 29.95 . All taxes are the responsibility of the trophy winner .

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