On 16/8/07 18:38, in article
, "Dave Poole"
wrote:

Sacha wrote:

I wish! Work dictates I'm afraid so I don't get free till the
weekend.

We'll be here if you have time to drop in for lunch or a cream tea.

Well then, it would be rude not to. It isn't Clerodendron splendens -
the formation of the raceme is wrong and as Charlie mentions, the
stamens are wrong. No, I'll stick with my original thought that it is
one of the Acanthus family. Until the weekend that is...

No, it's not C. splendens and anyway it's bushy not climbing - my fault for
not being more specific in the first place. BTW, we have C. fragrans if
Charlie or you are interested in that when Raymond props it.
The problem with the Clerodendrums, as I now discover I'm supposed to call
them, is that the variation is simply enormous but you'll see why this makes
me think it's of that family. Even though I'll be wrong. ;-) I looked at
Ruspolia and while I'd love to get it, that doesn't look right, either.
BTW, could you have a look at the Noisy Neighbours thread started by Barb
who is having neighbouring parrot problems? You may be able to cast some
light there.

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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
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'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'