On 2008-06-17 17:31:21 +0100, adm said:

On 2008-06-17 16:53:49 +0100, Sacha said:

On 17/6/08 16:39, in article 2008061716393316807-adm1@fastmailfm, "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...e_these_plants
.html

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....


Not sure but a close up would help - the shrub might be a Pittosporum, the
red thing is, perhaps, a Photinia and the purple thing is a highly desirable
and very beautiful Tradescantia, possibly T. andersoniana. Here's a link to
Cerney, which has a National Collection
http://www.cerneygardens.com/default...escantiaCollec
tion.asp

Thanks. I've zoomed the photos of the first two a bit:

http://www.dentonmiller.net/Site/Stu...se_plants.html


Cheers

for the answers so far.....now I've got a couple mo

http://www.dentonmiller.net/Site/Stu...orrisits!.html

The

first is a big woody bush/hedge type thing with nasty spikes and
berries that birds seem to like. It appears to have spread via suckers
- it's up against one wall of my house and is beginning to cover up
some windows, so what is it and how far can it be cut back?

The second - well. I don't quite know how to describe it - the leaves
are quite attractive, but I don't like the look of the flower bud?
spears....any idea. This is also a bit messed up from bed clearance,
but if the flowers are going to do something nice, I'll see if it can
be salvaged!

thanks in advance.....


Alasdair