On 2009-06-02 09:47:31 +0100, Sacha said:

On 2009-06-02 09:36:28 +0100, Eddy
said:

Sacha wrote:
Eddy, try looking at Macleaya. It usually does flower but yours may be
in the wrong conditions for that.

Good Morning, Sacha. Maybe mine HAS flowered but it seems the flower is
so unremarkable that I have not been impressed enough to remember it!

Here's some info I've just found on it:

"Plume Poppy (Macleaya cordata)

R.H.S. 'AGM' Award Winner

This is a splendid, impressive and statuesque plant that can grow to 8
ft. or more, with large, glaucous, finely sculptured leaves and very
large panicles, consisting of hundreds of tiny buff-coloured flowers,
carried well above the foliage. A bold, eye-catching plant. Hardy
throughout the British Isles. 8-12 ft."

And it's selling at about Ł5 a plant on the internet! They do look
rather fetching when massed together. But I guess many ugly things do!
See:
http://www.chilternseeds.co.uk/chilt...a/pid/31511654

Regards,
Eddy.

It's

very

impressive but not grown for its flowers, really, IMO. I know it well
- we have a mass of it on our front drive, battling it out with a
Hydrangea seemannii growing over a low wall. It does spread fairly
easily but not too thuggishly. A grouping of it at the back of a wide
border is a real sight, IMO.


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Just as a PS - you may have Macleaya microcarpa Kelway's Coral Plume
which has been a very popular plant for a while. Look out for coral to
beige flower plumes in June/July. This gets to around 6' in height,
depending on location, of course and is more likely to be what you have.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon