In article .com,
"DavePoole Torquay" writes:
| Sacha wrote:
|
| We have Furcraea bedinghausii here (in the small double, David) and after
| flowering it died but left masses of babies behind. Ray gave a few to Bob
| Hobden and I think he managed to over-winter one of them near London. But I
| don't know if that's considered to be more hardy than F. longaeva?
|
| The true ID of these two is causing a bit of head scratching ATM.

Personally, I think that T.S. Eliot had it right, and the naming of
plants is about as scrutable as the naming of cats.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.