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Post by owdboggy on May 28, 2010 16:35:26 GMT
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Post by Missredhead on May 28, 2010 16:41:29 GMT
No good me trying to guess...I am hopeless  |
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Post by Rosefriend on May 29, 2010 6:34:18 GMT
Talking about this plant OB - how hardy is it?? I have it in a smallish pot at the moment but the woman that sold it to me said that it was hardy - hardy UK weather or hardy German weather??
I ask because I got the feeling that she was just repeating what she had been told.
RF
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Post by owdboggy on May 29, 2010 8:28:19 GMT
If this is Roscoea ?cautleoides which I thunked it was without going and looking in the book I have on them, then it and various others have all survived and self seeded in this garden here for the lat 8 years at least. In that time we have had two winters like this last one, a couple of serious droughts and like this Spring incredibly dry Springs. They are fairly tough, in the right soil conditions.
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Post by carolann on May 29, 2010 8:40:18 GMT
No good me guessing either but it is pretty oh go on it looks like some sort of Sweet Pea to me a wild one  I know that I'm wrong thats why I am hiding......... |
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Post by Rosefriend on May 29, 2010 13:00:46 GMT
If this is Roscoea ?cautleoides which I thunked it was without going and looking in the book I have on them, then it and various others have all survived and self seeded in this garden here for the lat 8 years at least. In that time we have had two winters like this last one, a couple of serious droughts and like this Spring incredibly dry Springs. They are fairly tough, in the right soil conditions. It is supposed to be Roscea auriculata l - don't tell me that has changed it's name as well?? RF |
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Post by owdboggy on May 29, 2010 13:57:23 GMT
No, it is auriculata, I was just being lazy and not going to look for the book to be certain of the name. We have one called R. purpurea, almost black flowers, but so tiny you need a magnifier to see them. Ah well shame on me for idleness. Do I post the next q?
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Post by Rosefriend on May 29, 2010 14:11:55 GMT
Yep - if you want....how many weeks do I get for the answer??
RF
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Post by owdboggy on May 29, 2010 16:06:45 GMT
Might take a while to find a non difficult one! ;D
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Post by Tig on May 29, 2010 23:48:42 GMT
Go on you two ... patronise us learners  I had no idea what the last one was, nor could I find anything like it in the books I have! x Tig |
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Post by Dutchy on May 31, 2010 7:56:24 GMT
sigh. count me amongst the people who sit back are amazed and simply lurk....
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Post by owdboggy on May 31, 2010 8:24:36 GMT
Aw, you have to remember that I have been growing all sorts of plants for over 40 years and have been going to lectures on plants for nearly as long and I have a huge number of books on plants and best of all I have been blessed (or cursed?) with a very good memory. Not as good now as it used to be, but once upon a time I had only to read a book once to be able to virtually recite it. So I can generally remember any flower I have seen for myself. I have a professional Botanist friend though who makes me look like a total ignoramus when it comes to plant identification. It is all relative.
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Post by owdboggy on May 31, 2010 11:41:45 GMT
Not flowering yet, but I have spent some time this morning planting these out (should give you a clue as to the type of plant).  |
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Post by Rosefriend on May 31, 2010 11:50:35 GMT
Dutchy, Tig - now then, whose gonna be the first....Plant trials perhaps??
Could be something else of course but it looks very similar doesn't it....??
RF
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 2, 2010 5:12:33 GMT
Ok, Ok - looks as though it is just thee and me again OB....getting to become a habit isn't it - hope they don't start talking about us!!!
Right - I reckon it is Nicandra Physalodes - or Apple of Peru. Not the wild form which has spots on it but the domesticated (!) one....I still have thousands of seeds of both!!!
Rf
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Post by Dutchy on Jun 2, 2010 6:48:18 GMT
Oops just was late RF. I think you are right it is a Nicandra.
I bought one as I have been late sowing this year.
I'll have a look for a pic if you want.
Even though I am in a lurking rather then participating state at the moment.
(busy busy busy)
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Post by owdboggy on Jun 2, 2010 7:31:51 GMT
Sure is the Shoofly plant. Nicandra.
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Post by owdboggy on Jun 5, 2010 7:19:04 GMT
Er, have we stopped doing this?
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 5, 2010 7:42:50 GMT
Don't think so - just waiting for Dutchy...
RF
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Post by Dutchy on Jun 7, 2010 8:23:46 GMT
OOOOOOPs I am too bldy busy am I not?  I suppose it is way too easy but I still have to upload new pics  RF I will pm you the name so you can not answer but keep the fortress for me. |
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Post by andy on Jun 7, 2010 8:29:35 GMT
The magnificent flowers of Gunnera mannicata  |
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Post by andy on Jun 7, 2010 8:38:23 GMT
This'll get you thinking (i hope) And don't even think about right clicking the photo etc ;D  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 7, 2010 9:17:20 GMT
Oh right andy...know that trick do you - hehehe!!
Have you changed the colour of this or is it really so weird??
RF
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Post by andy on Jun 7, 2010 9:22:11 GMT
Hahahaha.....lol. That is the colour
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Post by Tig on Jun 7, 2010 10:11:28 GMT
Isn't it fab - I don't reckon the seeds are readily available ;D
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 7, 2010 11:14:10 GMT
Is it a climber and does that flower sort of hang down...similar to the way a Wisteria does perhaps??
RF
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Post by andy on Jun 7, 2010 11:39:37 GMT
Is it a climber and does that flower sort of hang down...similar to the way a Wisteria does perhaps?? RF Indeed RF  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 7, 2010 11:44:09 GMT
Ok then I have seen it somewhere - now, if only I can remember where!!
RF
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 7, 2010 13:57:31 GMT
I'm getting there...I think - well maybe not - it isn't some kind of Clianthus is it??
RF
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Post by owdboggy on Jun 7, 2010 15:00:47 GMT
Wow!
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