| Tom Scott 2005-08-24, 6:21 pm |
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"willshak" <willshak@oohvc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:11gpehr1s9v6ce6@news.supernews.com...
On 8/24/2005 7:39 AM US(ET), Tom Scott took fingers to keys, and typed
the following:
>I was at a friend's house recently and they had a type of jew that had very
>small, dark green leaves and the plant was real bushy and full and looked
>great cascading down in a hanging basket. We've started up a greenhouse
and
>they gave us a small sample to root but we need to know the real name of
the
>plant.
>
>They said it was called a "baby jew" or "afro jew" and they'd never heard
it
>called anything else. I've looked and looked under those names and can't
>find anything. I saw a description for one type of jew that was close, but
>without seeing a real plant I couldn't tell. I have asked at a couple
>other houses and they didn't know the plant by either of those names.
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Tom
>
I don't know if it is politically correct, but the name I know is
Wandering Jew.
See here: http://www.denverplants.com/foliage/html/jewzeb.htm
--
Bill
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Wandering Jew is what normally turns up, but the leaves on the one I'm
looking for are TINY in comparision--maybe the size of a dime.
Best,
Tom
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