On 2008-06-17 17:03:55 +0100, Sacha said:

On 17/6/08 16:56, in article 2008061716560916807-adm1@fastmailfm, "adm"
wrote:

On 2008-06-17 16:50:25 +0100, Des Higgins said:

On Jun 17, 4:39 pm, adm wrote:
Hi All,

I'm blitzing a flowerbed that has been overgrown for a few years, and
have found three plants that i'd like to know more about.

http://www.dentonmiller.net/Site/Stu...7_What_are_the...

1)

A nice little shrub

2) A tall thin thing with nice coloured leaves

3) A rather leggy and leafy thing with very bright purple indigo
flowers that stain quite badly if you touch them.....

Any ideas? The shrub is obviously a keeper, but I'm not sure about the
others....

the blue thing is a Tradescantia. Why would you not want to keep it?
Nice blue flowers?

Well - it's got a rather high leaf to flower ration and is a bit tatty.
Nothing that can't be repaired though I'd imagine - after all, it's
been covered by nettles and weeds for a while. The flowers are
certainly nice....but they don't half stain children!

We'll keep it!



It will look a lot better next year. ;-)

I just read that you are meant to cut it down to the ground once it's
done flowering for the year. Does that sound about right ?