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17-08-2006, 11:26 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Rupert \(W.Yorkshire\)
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Nutmeg tree
"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 17/8/06 20:31, in article
, "Mike Lyle"
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Brian wrote:
"Pam Moore" wrote in message
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An elderly friend was yesterday showing me round her garden.
She pointed to one bush and said it was a "Nutmeg tree".
I KNOW it was not a proper nutmeg tree; I saw those in Barbados!
I didn't correct her as she seemed so proud of it.
The leaves were lilac shaped, but not glossy and stems droopy. I
couldn't look closely (visually impaired anyway!). It was about 1
metre tall.
Any ideas? I'm just curious.
Pam in Bristol
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This is a quite common name for Leycesteria formosa and is
still
used by many elderly~ and myself when I can't remember!!
"Chinese nutmeg" to me. I've never grown it: do the fruits at all
resemble nutmegs in smell or use?
Not remotely. And right now, Leycesteria is in flower so that would have
helped with ID, surely?
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
Well "Chinese nutmeg" isn't far off nutmeg. What I mean is that Chinese
nutmeg is not Leycesteria.
The berries certainly would help with ID. They taste of Toffee and.... yes
we have done that bit already somewhere else.
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