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Old 09-03-2009, 10:36 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Identification if possible please

On Mar 9, 9:42*am, "Jeff Layman" wrote:

I'm pleased someone could identify the species. *But have you got the genus
name correct? *


According to the RHS Dictionary, it should be Clerodendrum.


Point taken - not being infallible, I occasionally lapse into spelling
as I speak and speaking so fast that 'drum' and 'dron' become almost
indistinguishable. I did similar with Yucca elephantipes for several
years - suddenly adding an extra 'h' to make elephantiphes. Don't
know when or how it happened, but when tens of thousands of plant
names are swirling about in the grey matter for 40 or so years, a few
are bound to get slightly mucksed up from time to time.