On 15/10/06 21:02, in article , "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)"
wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 15/10/06 18:12, in article , "Charlie
Pridham" wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 15/10/06 12:26, in article ,
"Jax"
wrote:
snip It has dark brown bottle
brush
like " spikes/flowers". The more mature fronds also seem to have pale
brown
seeds on the outside of the "bottle brushes". The less mature emerging
baby
bottle brushes are soft and slilky and very dark brown. As they mature
they
fatten up and become slightly more spikey. The leaves are long and
quite
broad and are green with a slight purply tinge.
snip

Try looking at Google images of Penniseum setaceum rubrum and Pennisetum
glaucum. We have these outside in pots and they're tall but sound
somewhat
similar to what you're describing. It might be those when young or
some
kind of relative in the millet family. The two we have are not hardy.
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If its not that, try looking up images of Restios (sort of South African
cross between grass and bamboo) there are lots of different sorts.

Clever you. I bet that's it. Does it 'do' with you?

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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/


On description I think it is probably pennisetum or Restio:-)
Your comment about the Pennisetum setaceum not being hardy made me wonder if
the ones I have are misnamed because they strut their stuff every year (in a
very well drained open position)?


I'll ask Ray tomorrow because he's asleep right now! But his remark to me
is "it's not hardy". Admittedly, that gives a lot of leeway as to location
and situation and he may have meant one over the other. I'll check it for
you. But if yours is hardy with you, it's pretty damned hardy!

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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/