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!
It's Pigeon Forge, TN ………….GEESH!…..lol Do I need to explain why?
Could it be just one small flower from this big flowering plant in Utah?
http://travel.mongabay.com/us/utah/images/utah_98…
I do believe this is a Physoslegia Virginiana! Another clue proving my location deduction for the dream home! Can't wait for more clues – maybe I'll see one that disproves my thought!!
This flower could very well be a bitterroot, which is the Montana state flower. They have the Bitterroot mountains in Montana around Bozeman, so that is a definite possibility.
I think it is an azalea, but where?
Somewhere over the rainbow??????
yeah! Montana… my hope and dream!
Hi there sweety. That's to bad that you didn't see the eagle. I was hoping you would have, but I'm sure that there was plenty of other things that you were enjoying there. If you had fun there, I'm sure that we will too. That's if we decide to go there too. Well, have a great evening and sweet dreams to you.
Good Morning #1HGTVLVR, I know you will love wherever you visit, and whatever adventure great and small you experience. I think that this site has brought out the explorer, designer, lover of the DREAM HOMES and great story tellers on this site. We have so much to say, and so many places to go
I can't read through all of these, but if others have mentioned that the photo resembles part of the peach blossom–well, that's what came first to my mind. And that also brings a number of states to mind!
Zoom in and check it out.
Even shows the hairy/ fuzzy leaf edges.
Good Morning to you Janzee. I hope your well today. You are soooo right, as usual. You're an excellent example of how awesome the people really are on this site. Thank you for being such a wonderful friend.
Oh my gosh #1HGTVLVR, we are all good friends-it's true. We enjoy the tea party we have during the week, with lovely finger sandwhiches, lovely healthy raw food pastries, the clues from Mary and travelogues with Gail, info from Jack, nothing better!!!!!
Ahh!! Life is soo good. Isn't it??
As they say in California-"it's all good".
Very well said Janzee. Your awesome!!!!
The flower is Prickly Pear,the flower that comes out before the fruit on Prickly Pear cacti. The picture
looks like the Post Cards of Arizona. That is my guess Arizona.
Florida is the ORCHID NATION and it fits with my clues so I agreed I think it looks iris but I needed to change my mind and it could be Hawaii!!!!!! It is definitely in FLORIDA!!!! It has to be a warm region and ready for orchid blooming or any other blooms right now.
Dear Renneelovesgreen, what is your newest thought on the direction the clues are going. Are you liking someplace in upstate New York, the Carolinas, or previously mentioned Arkansas, or do you have another flavor of the day. I think many of us are going through this. I am going to put my thoughts together and post tomorrow about my newest.
Hi Janzee…. How is your day today? I hope beautiful. I am still going in circles.. I posted new info on Colorado today under the "Clue 8" thread. Not sure which way to go, as the clues are leading in many directions depending on the interpretation of the clues!! I can't wait to see what you come up with!
I agree with Lorraine – that the flower may very well be a cactus flower. After a really close investigation, the out-of-focus green in the background seems to have some little lines coming off it. That could be the cactus plant. Yep, I think so. No cactus that I am aware of grows in the Northeast, but I may be wrong. That leaves anywhere from California, throughout the dry south. We just drove through Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas and I saw lots and lots of cactus. I am thinking of southern California – again!
Ok she said country road…John Denver sang a song …Almost heaven West Virginia…take me home country road…
get it?country road?
could it be West Virginia? or even Denver,Colorado for John Denver?
Nicer than I thought South Dakota was!
Rhododendron macrophyllum ‘Seven Devils’ — Native to the coast of Oregon, this plant was named after the Seven Devils hills which form the rugged ocean side cliffs between Bandon and Coos Bay. Leathery leaves are medium large to about 5". Loose trusses of 2" pink to deep pink flowers grace this shrub. 10-15"
By the way Oregon also has dairy farms which correspond to the last clue!
I think the flower is a Peruvian Lily. My guess is Virginia, Vermont, Washington state, or may be even Michigan.
THIS IS A WILD TRILLIUM PLANT OR AZALEYA
Foxglove?
I say the Catskills in New York.
Saratoga Springs, Utah or Clover, Utah? Saratoga National Park area, NY?
Cloverleaf Lakes area, Wisconsin zip code is 54929.
LAT. 46.0541, LONG. 91.9913
Cloverleaf, NC?
Saratoga, SC?
Clover, SC?
Vermont too cold?
I still am not sure.
millie, flower is of the red bud tree, there is also a pink dogwood tree that in virginia.
millie , i think dream home 2011 ,could be blue ridge mountains of virginia,or close.
Yeah- i looked back and the submissions were taken in March of last year…the catch that I see to that is it was so long ago that they may not exactly be a SuperFan now…I heard before that Lynn submitted for it…so, maybe????
Lenten rose
its maine,hey
The flower is a cactus flower from arizona
It looks like a wild Poppy which we have in Texas, especially in the Central Texas area. We also have lots of country roads.
It also could be in North Carolina as there is an abundance of wild flowers there similar to this.
Either state would be a very lovely place for the 2011 home!
Looks like Yosemite Wildflower – Common Owl's Clover …. http://yosemiteexplorer.com/photos/v/flowers/cast…
OR
Fireweed { Alaska? Ontario? Glacier National Park?} http://www.wildflowersofontario.ca/fireweed2.jpg
OR
Sorta like blossom from pink wintergreen plant http://www.flickr.com/photos/garver/841403195/
OR
Mountain Pride Penstemon http://yosemiteexplorer.com/photos/v/flowers/pens…
Wisconsin
Rhododendrons. Near Massena, New York?
Bad snake on top of a granite rock? Maybe Rocky Mountains somewhere? There is also a ….
Snakemouth orchidhttp://www.photographersdirect.com/buyers/stockph…
Pogonia ophioglossoides, Rose pogonia or Snakemouth orchidhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/frogdr/3841764796/in… http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/pog…
Would be nice if Mary found this flower while walking in early Spring in a northern state, but I'm wondering if it was too cold then. Maybe California. Would love to see the forrests in California.
South Dakota
Texas
OK I am getting so lost and I know the clues have to be so confusing because they are making my head spin, but I'm still thinking Vermont, New Hampshire, Conn, Mass, and or Maine, by any means the east coast is so beautiful and yes thats where I'm from but I have lived all over because I come from a military (Marines) family which we were transferred everywhere. I grew up in California, but lived in Texas, and now have been in Utah for the past 30 years, so, I'm still sticking with places back east. Oh Mary, I hope you let us know soon because I cannot sleep at night wondering and 6 am comes early since I'm adopting my 17 month old grandson. It would be great to see something back East becauseI would love to move my hubby and grandson back there and show them what its like living in heaven back there. Gardening, raising animalsand friendly neighbors oh how I miss it.
its the coast rhododendron, the state flower of Washington. the dream home 2011 is in Washington State!!
From the picture I think its an Azalea, which is the state flower for West Virginia and Washington.
This looks like it could it be a Ladyslipper. We had them growing in Massachusetts when I was little, but it was illegal to pick them because they were endangered. They could easily grow in upstate New York somewhere. Just a wild shot in the dark.
I persoanlly think that this is a peony. They are very fragrant flowers that are native to Europe, Asia and Western North America. In 1957, the Indiana General Assembly passed a law to make the peony the state flower of Indiana. Of course, since the photo is extremely close up… it really could be anything! However, "Mischievous nymphs were said to hide in the petals of the Peony"…
Peonies can actually be grown in just about any zone, as long as they have a cold season.
could it be MOUTAIN DOGWOOD??? again, in wyoming….
VIRGINIA… along the Appalachian Trail
This looks like a Wild Orchid of Texas…..possibly from the Big Thicket. & Panhandle?
I agree I can see part of the cactus leaf !!
It almost looks like a form of magnolia blossom. I have one. Same color. Same petal.
I also live in Virginia. We also received about five snow falls this winter. It was unusually more than past winters. There is definately an abundance of beautiful locations in Virginia.
After studying the flower better earlier I think the flower may be in West Virgina called a( Big Laurel ) Rhododendron. Also in Montana the Bitter root may be a possibility. I mentioned Texas Wild Orchid before but the cow throws me off. Don't see much of the dairy cattle there if that matters, more longhorns.. I saw a clue somewhere I think about the pretty people and thought many say in the Miss America Pageant beauties come from Texas & then we had the TV show Dallas.We also have the Georgia Peach the pretty young girl and the first Miss America Pageant was in New Jersey lol. It can really be anything east of New Mexico that has some snow. Granite fits them too & some of the trees & history also. It 's tricky hope we find out soon.
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That is no doubt a Columbine. That is Colorado's state flower! The next home is in Colorado!