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| Emrys Davies 2005-06-28, 11:25 pm |
| I have just been given a cutting from a shrub and it appears to have
'taken'. However, the giver (West Midlands) has no idea of the name of
the shrub and I have not been able to find it in my RHS Encyclopedia -
Plants & Flowers.
The shrub is about 2' tall and has a spread of about 3' 6".
Its branches are almost horizontal and, visually, its leaves could quite
easily be mistaken for those of mint. Its flowers, which are bright
pink, look like a miniature sweet pea and they are borne on 6"-9" spikes
which are somewhat similar in appearance to a bare nettle stalk.
Hope someone can help.
Thanks,
Emrys Davies.
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Emrys Davies Wrote:
quote:
> I have just been given a cutting from a shrub and it appears to have
> 'taken'. However, the giver (West Midlands) has no idea of the name
> of
> the shrub and I have not been able to find it in my RHS Encyclopedia -
> Plants & Flowers.
>
> The shrub is about 2' tall and has a spread of about 3' 6".
> Its branches are almost horizontal and, visually, its leaves could
> quite
> easily be mistaken for those of mint. Its flowers, which are bright
> pink, look like a miniature sweet pea and they are borne on 6"-9"
> spikes
> which are somewhat similar in appearance to a bare nettle stalk.
>
> Hope someone can help.
>
> Thanks,
> Emrys Davies.
Physostegia? It is a member of the mint family and has pink flowers.
But it's a perennial - so maybe not!! Here's a link to some photos:
http://tinyurl.com/7gctk
Zoe
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ZoeM
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| Emrys Davies 2005-06-29, 6:25 pm |
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"ZoeM" <ZoeM.1re5jz@gardenbanter.co.uk> wrote in message
news:ZoeM.1re5jz@gardenbanter.co.uk...
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> Emrys Davies Wrote:
Encyclopedia -[vbcol=seagreen]
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> Physostegia? It is a member of the mint family and has pink flowers.
> But it's a perennial - so maybe not!! Here's a link to some photos:
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> http://tinyurl.com/7gctk
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> Zoe
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> ZoeM
Not the one, but thanks.
Regards,
Emrys Davies.
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"Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:3ie13fFl0p5dU1@individual.net...
quote:
>I have just been given a cutting from a shrub and it appears to have
> 'taken'. However, the giver (West Midlands) has no idea of the name of
> the shrub and I have not been able to find it in my RHS Encyclopedia -
> Plants & Flowers.
>
> The shrub is about 2' tall and has a spread of about 3' 6".
> Its branches are almost horizontal and, visually, its leaves could quite
> easily be mistaken for those of mint. Its flowers, which are bright
> pink, look like a miniature sweet pea and they are borne on 6"-9" spikes
> which are somewhat similar in appearance to a bare nettle stalk.
>
> Hope someone can help.
>
> Thanks,
> Emrys Davies.
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could it be Kolkwitzia ??
or possible one of the Deutzias??
Regards,
Chris in Somerset
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| Stewart Robert Hinsley 2005-06-29, 6:25 pm |
| In message <3ie13fFl0p5dU1@individual.net>, Emrys Davies
<me@privacy.net> writes
quote:
>I have just been given a cutting from a shrub and it appears to have
>'taken'. However, the giver (West Midlands) has no idea of the name of
>the shrub and I have not been able to find it in my RHS Encyclopedia -
>Plants & Flowers.
>
>The shrub is about 2' tall and has a spread of about 3' 6".
>Its branches are almost horizontal and, visually, its leaves could quite
>easily be mistaken for those of mint. Its flowers, which are bright
>pink, look like a miniature sweet pea and they are borne on 6"-9" spikes
>which are somewhat similar in appearance to a bare nettle stalk.
>
>Hope someone can help.
>
>Thanks,
>Emrys Davies.
>
Possibly some form of Ononis (Restharrow). Ononis spinosa is shrub, and
there might be more shrubby forms.
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Stewart Robert Hinsley
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| In article <d9uqsf$imh$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk>, CK <king@takeawaythenumbe
ryoufirstthoughtof.pilton80.wanadoo.co.uk> writes
quote:
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>"Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>news:3ie13fFl0p5dU1@individual.net...
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>could it be Kolkwitzia ??
>or possible one of the Deutzias??
You missed the description of the flowers as looking like a miniature
sweet pea ;-)
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"
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| Emrys Davies 2005-06-30, 12:25 pm |
| "CK" <king@takeawaythenumberyoufirstthoughtof.pilton80.wanadoo.co.uk>
wrote in message news:d9uqsf$imh$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...
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> "Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:3ie13fFl0p5dU1@individual.net...
of[vbcol=seagreen]
Encyclopedia -[vbcol=seagreen]
quite[vbcol=seagreen]
spikes[vbcol=seagreen]
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> could it be Kolkwitzia ??
> or possible one of the Deutzias??
> Regards,
> Chris in Somerset
Not those Chris. Thanks.
Regards,
Emrys Davies.
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| Emrys Davies 2005-06-30, 6:25 pm |
| "Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote:
Success. I went back to the young lady who gave me the cutting and she
found the plant's label.
It is Salvia Microphylla var. wislizenii
http://tinyurl.com/89r8w
Thanks everyone.
Regards,
Emrys Davies.
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