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Name this Flower!

Showhomes's home office in Nashville is located in a really cool restored home near Vanderbilt University in Hillsboro Village. We really love our office and earlier this week I was happy to see a beautiful live arrangement on the foyer table when I walked in. Phyllis Spencer, our business manager brought them in. She lives on a lovely farm out in the country and has a knack for making arrangements.

Here is a photo of this arrangement:

We held an internal contest in our weekly newsletter to see if anyone could guess what these were and so far no one has guessed correctly.

Do you have any idea what these are? Hint - its not what you think!

Posted by Thomas Scott - Showhomes on 04/25/2008 11:01 AM

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14 Comments on Name this Flower!

The only thing I can think of is mustard...

04/25/2008 11:03 AM

by Adam Brett - Fullerton, California Realtor (RE/MAX NOC)

Well, it looks like goldenrod to me, but you said it's not what I think, so......I have no idea!

04/25/2008 11:06 AM

by Elaine Manes IRIS~Colorado Stager ~ A Wonderful Space, LLC (A Wonderful Space, LLC)

Its not Goldenrod or mustard (although that's an excellent guess!)

04/25/2008 11:14 AM

by Thomas Scott - Showhomes (Showhomes)

if only my wife was here...she is the flower guru....

04/25/2008 11:22 AM

by Jeremy Blanton- Myrtle Beach Real Estate ,Coldwell Banker Chicora (Coldwell Banker Chicora Real Estate)

Looks like Goldenrod or Disambiguation. Its a common weed growing along most road sides and pastures. Its also coined as part of the red neck rose collection! My Husband brings them to me on ocassion. He will pick them but he wont buy them (flowers).

04/25/2008 11:29 AM

by Laura Jefferson (Asset Realty)

Redneck roses? This is from Tennessee.... But alas, these are not Goldenrod. When I came in, I said 'what pretty weeds' and I was thinking the same thing - the flowers you see along side the road but these are not Goldenrod. Keep guessing!

04/25/2008 05:22 PM

by Thomas Scott - Showhomes (Showhomes)

You know, on further inspection, these flowers look much more soft and delicate than goldenrod, which you could probably run over with your car and not harm. But I googled "yellow wildflowers" and out of hundreds of photos, none of them looked like these! I'm stumped!

04/25/2008 05:45 PM

by Elaine Manes IRIS~Colorado Stager ~ A Wonderful Space, LLC (A Wonderful Space, LLC)

It's not the clearest picture, but I'm going to guess Gold Yarrow.

04/25/2008 07:14 PM

by Kimberly Wester - NW Indiana Stager (Details Staging and Redesign)

Okay, after a little bit of research, it could also be Golden Alexander or Sweet Fennel.

04/25/2008 07:58 PM

by Kimberly Wester - NW Indiana Stager (Details Staging and Redesign)

Wild guess...lemon verbena.

04/25/2008 08:00 PM

by Ginger Foust- Dream Interior Redesign & Staging (Dream Interior Redesign & Staging by Ginger Foust)

I think it is a weed, I have seen them and it is pretty, no matter weed or not. So what is it?

Phyllis Pafumi

04/26/2008 09:29 PM

by Phyllis Pafumi-ReStyled to Sell Staging Homes NJ (ReStyled to Sell Home Staging New Jersey)

WOW I think my eyes are itching...and I'm goingto sneeze. My allergies!! That would be a great welcome for a Buyer. It does look a bit like Golden Rod, but I think maybe Yarrow? They are very pretty.

04/27/2008 12:21 AM

by Nancy Hoag (ALLDECOR Home Staging)

Thanks to everyone for guessing! You guys obviously know more about flowers than I do!

Here is the surprising (to me) answer: I mentioned that Phyllis lives on a farm in the country outside of Nashville. In Middle Tennessee, when we say someone lives on a farm, we mean it :)

Phyllis's crop of TURNIP GREENS recently flowered and these are a very beautiful bouquet of TURNIP GREEN flowers! Who knew!

Adam Brett came the closest when he guessed Mustard. While I've never seen mustard plants, mustard greens have a similar flower.

Happy Home Staging!

04/28/2008 08:29 AM

by Thomas Scott - Showhomes (Showhomes)

I'd say it was a weed, my dad used to say it was Mustard when we'd pass fields of it :)

Heather

04/28/2008 12:06 PM

by Heather Chotard ISRP (In Style Staging & Design)

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