Apr
28
HGTV Dream Home 2011 Location Clue Seven
Photo by Anne Elliott
I was strolling down a country lane and a lovely flower stopped me dead in my tracks. Isn’t it pretty? Can you identify it? I am hoping for 2,000 posts on this one!
I'm on it right now……google, here I come!
It has to be Hawaii – the flower shot is of the adenuim. Hawaii has a desert of sorts 'Kau Desert'.
Beef is a big industry, chop sticks – large asian population, big sweet industry for honey and sugar cane. Come on
West Virgina's flower is rhododendron..This would diffently a country lane too!
You can all stop searching – the location is Annapolis, MD (I hope!)
I think that it is a canda Lilly– I am new at this and not sure how to post a comment so I hope that I am doing this right
okay so, i looked up the flower but there are three states, that this flower could belong too, MD, WV, and WA
I am goign to say the state of Massachusetts
I'm thinking this flower is a side view of an apple blossom which is the state flower of Arkansas. Arkansas is also one of the biggest producers of Rice and Cotton, the state insect in the honey bee, and the state drink is milk, hence the cow. We also have rattle snakes, diamond backs, plus we are the only state in the United States that produces DIAMONDS. The picture of the Wrong Way sign looks like the Market District in Downtown Little Rock which is being renovated or it could be Hot Springs Historic District. Arkansas also has a rich colonial history hence the stamps.
My first thought is some sort of orchid…though she said country…hmmm…off to research. Thanks Mary for the new clue!
That is strange
Ontario canada
New York – The International Carnivorous Plant Society, Oswego, New York
"stopped me dead"
I agree with you on the New York part but I think is in Jamestown NY they have a honey factory, cows & orchids
Knotweed?
No I looked at the picture of pink knotweed and it is not it.
iam thinking New Hampshire. Its has everything to offer, from lakes to farmland as well as great orchards. and even maple surup YUM!!! for the 2011 Next Green home
Okay…. Off to research. But, not before I say thank you!!! Thank You, MARY…. And now you want 2000!! Boy, you are getting tougher each year!!
i am going to say the state of maryland
Pinxter flower….from the Rhododendrom family?
Bernini Lilly?
Okay, I'm sure this is just a coincidence, as I highly doubt there would be an HGTV home in Australia! But I found an artist website with a photographer's page showing a picture of a wild iris, and he says "This beautiful (native Iris) opening up to face the morning sun stopped me dead in my tracks…" Almost the same wording that Mary used! The photographer, Dennis Gay, said he saw it along a trail at DIAMOND HEAD, a part of Crowdy Bay National Park in Australia.
Hmm…Diamonds are shiny. Australia has Capilano Honey and DairyAustralia, Australia's own diary industry. And the stamps….well, maybe to show how far away the house is!
Far fetched, I know, but I found it interesting.
There is a gated community by a state park in Arkansas called Diamond Head!
Maybe a poisionous flower – Foxglove (digitalis purpuroa), speckeled throat, the favorite
flower of the honey bee???
I have no idea what type of flower this is but it looks like a flower I saw in Hawaii. Of course it also looks like a flower I saw right here in Virginia. I am still clueless.
I am thinking this came from virginia also Janliz never been there before but the other clues led me to think so.
Maybe this is the lead and Mary is trying to lead us to Diamond Head Hawaii????? Missinformation you just might have found the RIGHT Information this time! HeHe
It's a Rhododendron. Thank you Mary.
Yep… and I was still looking to see if it may have been a tree flower… Great job….
There is a Wild Iris Inn in Washington State.
Well, my first guess is the Sego Lily which is the state flower for Utah and of which I had just posted last night some information on that because I hadn't remembered anyone doing so before this and Utah was one of the 6 states Mary mentioned at possibilities under clue 5. But I need to see for sure if that is what they look like because I saw a yellow one and saw the middle of it in a different picture. Check back later after I let my grand-doggy out at my daughters house.
I keep looking at this flower and from the angle showing it is hard to tell but it reminds me of an orchid. I see that someone else had the same idea. Orchids remind me of Hawaii because I was given a LEI Greeting when I went to Hawaii for the first time and it was an Orchid lei. Hawaii here I come! From the very beginning of this Hawaii was my first choice and still is.
I totally agree.
I am saying orchid or day lily… are those rust spots?
It could be a rhododendron which is the state flower of West Virgina…which I brought up West Virginia for the honey comment and Mary said some of us were on track. When I mentioned I mentioned West Virginia again, Mary tossed out the name Jamestown which I had mentioned in other guesses…which makes me wonder if I was in the ballpark with West Virginia and Mary was messing with me.
Looks to me like a Rhododendum found all over Viriginia.
The Purple Iris is the state flower of Tennessee.
Places to find the Iris.
Anchorage, Alaska
Juneau, Alaska
Kenai, Alaska
Seward, Alaska
Harwinton, Connecticut
Venus, Florida
East Longmeadow, Massachusetts
Worcester, Massachusetts
Hibbing, Minnesota
Hammonton, New Jersey
Massena, New York
Poulsbo, Washington
I grew up in Juneau and Anchorage and worked in Kenai and Seward and I have never seen a wild iris that lightly colored. Maybe it was just the pic that made it look wierd, but ours are a lot deeper of a purple.
Panama City, Fl. too !! Which is close to Gulf County, Fl., where someone else (can't remember who) & myself already guessed as the D.H. location.
Portland Oregon
What a minute, we had over 1300 posts for clue 6, we should get at least a 300 post credit on this clue.
ARIZONA
missinformation….that seems to bright of a purple…. Am I looking at the wrong picture..???
In celebration of the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's arrival from Amsterdam to New York, a
"lavish Netherland's inspired Conservatory Flower Show was held. The fox glove was one of the
featured flowers. It is native to Europe. It is popular to bees because bees only see light and
the speckled throats are honey guides.
This is a cactus flower.
Orchid
You want us to write orchid 2000 times?
It has the texture of an orchid.
Orchids are often that color and often spotted with that color.
I was kinda thinking the same thing, based on the green "prickly ridge" in the picture. Appears to be that of some type of cactus. But then again, I could be wrong. So many different types of indigenous plants in this country, it could be anything. Another wild goose-chase….
Wow, it worked like a charm! MARY read my post that I was going to be leaving town last night for a long trip (I was just kidding), and BINGO, just as I'd hoped, a new CLUE!
Deerspring, This doesn't lool like a foxglove to me. My foxglove here in S.C. hasn't opened yet, but when it does it's flowers have a turned-down bell like bloom.
It sure looks like a Coast Rhododendron from Washington State the state flower. West Virginia's state flower is the rhododendron also. I am a newbie have never posted anything before. Just got my computer. I have been too busy taking care of my beautiful black lab puppy named Soney. Thanks for all your comments. They make me laugh.
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I found one that looked so similar from the tip of a cactus, too…. and then I started thinking of the other clues and ran…. YIKES…. what now…
It's Vermont! The official state flower is the red clover. Go to this site and look at the top picture:
http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Vermont/flower_red…
It's a close-up of the red clover and looks awfully similar to Mary's picture (the speckling in her photo could be blemish spots or just better detail on a closer view)!
I asked Mary on the last thread to give us a picture of the DH 2011 state's flower, and she has come through! Oh, merciful Mary, magnanimous Mary, magnificent, marvelous, munificent, mellifluous Mary!
Bees love clover, Vermont honey tends to be legume honey and clover is a legume — I am firmly ensconced in Vermont and I am not leaving!
Living in Oregon, we see a lot of rhododendron in these parts (I should send you a picture of my backyard). We even have a town named Rhododendron. This time of year they are bursting with blooms.
This is a rhododendron. Ironically, when I Googled images of rhododendron what should appear? A map of VIRGINIA with the counties of the western region of the state color coded to the variety of rhododendron! Bingo! Homestead Preserve; that's my guess and I'm sticking to it.
The House is near New Orleans, look at the stamp. United States Commemorative Postage Stamp, 150th Anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans, The Final Major Battle of the War of 1812. The "Don't Give Up" goes along with it.
It's an azealea. I had many in my yard in Washington state. they need nothing but some acid food and a trim now and then. They grow well there, in pinks, purples, yellows, whites and reds. some are hybred to mix colors. Some are scented others not. you'll find them in many gardens, hot houses and even grow wild in woods around housing, all have poisonous leaves.they are a member of the rhodi family. I can't find the five possible spots. are you just guessing at the states?
It's an apple blossom. No doubt about it.
Henry Hudson is credited with the trade link between Amsterdam and New York, along with that
trade came the importation of flower bulbs. The foxglove (digitalis purpuroa) is native to Europe. It has a speckled neck which attracts bees. It's scientifc name translates to "finger-like" because the
petals could "fit " on"a person 's finger. Folklore and herbal usage resulted in lethal results.
However, in proper amounts it can help heart conditions.
This is a puzzle. First of all, although it is beautiful, it doesn't give a lot of detail. The petals look uneven, and to me it resembles a bird's wing. I wish I could see it from another angle. It doesn't look like anything I've seen on a New England roadside. Azalea, Rhododendron, mountain laurel, apple,peach, dogwood, all have even petals. It could be some kind of lily, but native lilies in N.England are orange, and yellow. It could be a crocus, I guess I need to thumb through my flower books.
I think it is the Bitterroot Valley in Montana…Flathead Lake Missoula area.
Red Clover ?(Trifolium pratense: Bean family or Fabaceae) — Each flowerhead is about 1" across and consists of numerous flowers. These flowers are sessile, tubular-shaped, and spread outward in different directions. Each flower has 5 narrow petals that are pink or purplish pink, becoming light pink or white toward the base of the flowerhead. The upper petal is slightly longer than the lower petals. The blooming period usually occurs from late spring to mid-summer and lasts about 1-2 months. The flowers have a mild honey-like fragrance. The common name is somewhat misleading because the flowers are never a true red. The hairy stems are sprawling or erect. The lower compound leaves have long hairy petioles.
This explains the uneven petals, the hairiness of the green part shown, and the fact that the color is not really red. It's a red clover flower, and the state is Vermont!
Well…if you are right on the flower, then my guess is still the Williamsburg/Jamestown area of VA.
Hamilton, Montana
Welcome and enjoy the group. My first thought with Rhododendron was WA as that is where I am from…but I really don't think it is WA. IF…repeating IF… it is a rhododendrum (which I also posted as my guess of what it is) then I think it is pointing towards WV.