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Post by Susie Snowdrop on Sept 6, 2007 17:32:57 GMT
HINT - you'd more than likely find it in a hanging basket  S x |
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Post by Missredhead on Sept 6, 2007 19:46:17 GMT
The only thing that survives in my hanging basket are bizzy lizzies ;D
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Post by Weeterrier on Sept 6, 2007 21:29:23 GMT
HINT - you'd more than likely find it in a hanging basket S x I was kind of thinking basket or tub, and have been ticking them off mentally. It's the hairs I can't recognise. I can imagine I'll kick myself when you tell me. Is it a kind of Salvia? |
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Post by Susie Snowdrop on Sept 6, 2007 23:24:44 GMT
No, not Salvia You wouldn't associate the plant with being hairy but more for the colour of the foliage and the pretty flowers! S x |
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Post by Weeterrier on Sept 7, 2007 8:53:24 GMT
Mmmmmmmmmmmm.....................OK! ;D
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Post by Weeterrier on Sept 7, 2007 16:21:45 GMT
Is it an ordinary impatiens  |
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Post by isabella on Sept 7, 2007 16:22:01 GMT
CENTRADENIA ;D ;D ;D Thankyou for the clue - hanging baskets! I had a close look at mine today and could see all the little hairs ;D
Thankyou for making us look more closely at plants Susie ;D
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Post by nightowl on Sept 7, 2007 17:16:12 GMT
Centradenia! Thank you SS and Isabella. I'd never heard of it! but now I have and I know I've got one!  By a strange coincidence, I got an unlabelled trailing plant a few weeks ago for 50p. It was quite straggly with very few flowers left, but with a bit of TLC it has recovered quickly, now got lots of buds on and is making new shoots. Also a stem that broke off I cut into sections and they look as if they are rooting. So I just Googled Centradenia, and it's definitely it. How tender is it really? Sometimes info on that is a bit iffy.
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Post by Weeterrier on Sept 7, 2007 17:17:17 GMT
Thanks Isabella for ending my misery! I would never have got it I have never heard of it, despite working for years in nurseries and a GC. Good for you Susie ;D |
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Post by Weeterrier on Sept 7, 2007 17:19:02 GMT
I've just googled it too, very pretty. But I still don't recognise it  |
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Post by Susie Snowdrop on Sept 7, 2007 18:05:34 GMT
WELL DONE ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D It is a very tender plant but can successfully be overwintered in a conservatory or heated glasshouse! Glad you all liked it! Back with more soon S x |
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Post by Weeterrier on Sept 7, 2007 18:30:27 GMT
Looking forward to it! Entertaining and educational, who could ask for more? ;D
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Post by Biggles on Sept 7, 2007 18:58:12 GMT
Keep them comming Susie--
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Post by Susie Snowdrop on Sept 8, 2007 16:54:46 GMT
OK chaps - what's this then?  S x |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2007 18:03:00 GMT
Some sort of campanula or is it a bit too juicy?
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Post by Susie Snowdrop on Sept 8, 2007 18:08:40 GMT
Sorry G - keep trying S x |
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Post by Weeterrier on Sept 8, 2007 22:02:05 GMT
That's what I was going to say! But I am about to hit the hay, so hope I can still have a guess in the morning. Maybe another wee look tonight ;D Has to be related to a campanula, surely, so I am going to guess Cyananthus. Have only ever seen a photo though. Whatever it is, your camera is a cracker Susie. Being able to get such clear detail. Glad you are having fun, and giving us some too I await your answer.  |
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Post by Susie Snowdrop on Sept 9, 2007 16:50:37 GMT
No answer yet ;D. You're giving in too easy KEEP TRYING! S x |
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Post by Weeterrier on Sept 9, 2007 19:22:05 GMT
Ohhhhhhhhh, You're a hard woman ;D But this is a hard one, if it's not a Campanula  |
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Post by Weeterrier on Sept 9, 2007 19:24:16 GMT
Is it a tender perennial like the last one Susie?
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Post by isabella on Sept 9, 2007 19:38:24 GMT
Is it Bacopa/ Sutera Susie? the lilacy pink one ?
I want a camera like you - your pictures are amazing ;D
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Post by Weeterrier on Sept 9, 2007 19:50:16 GMT
As small as a Bacopa? My goodness, what a camera! Isabella..............  |
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Post by isabella on Sept 9, 2007 19:52:46 GMT
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Post by Weeterrier on Sept 9, 2007 21:13:38 GMT
Where is that Susie |
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Post by beanie on Sept 10, 2007 9:00:34 GMT
is it a balloon flower, platycodon |
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Post by Weeterrier on Sept 10, 2007 9:32:14 GMT
That sounds good! I've never grown that either  But I've seen it in books, never opened out though. Susie...........where are you? ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2007 9:56:14 GMT
i agree with beanie . balloon flower . ?? i have no clue about any of these plants i just happened to have seen balloon flowers in the parkers catalogue yesterday. it does look very similar |
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Post by Susie Snowdrop on Sept 10, 2007 16:31:20 GMT
CORRECT..................................Platycodon ;D
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Post by owdboggy on Sept 10, 2007 16:57:48 GMT
They are related to Campanula as Weeterrier said. There is a gorgeous pale pink one too. For those who have not tried them, they are very easy, but they are late risers and early bedders. They do not appear until well into spring and disappear well before autumn. Not as close up as Susie's but close enough to get the colour I think.  And the blue one.  |
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Post by Weeterrier on Sept 10, 2007 17:28:08 GMT
I would have imagined that flower to have tissue like petals, but the camera shows them to have a different texture all together. I've never come across it for sale up here, but I'm assuming it could be grown from seed? Like I need more flowers |
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But I've seen it in books, never opened out though. 