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Old 19-03-2010, 05:30 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Eddy Eddy is offline
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Default ID this flower, please?

Jeff Layman wrote:

"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2010-03-19 16:37:22 +0000, Eddy
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Hello Everyone.

Can anyone ID this beautiful flower? I think its flowers would be
described as "florets"? If so, the florets grow on quite raggedy
bushes that are about a metre tall and a metre wide. I've seen them
only in warm climates - in Fiji, India, and Greece.



It was. It can stop now, thank you very much. It's now lying in pools on
the ground which is sodden! The shrub looks like Lantana. They're all
over the Med. and are grown in this country, too but I've lost them
at -4C. It's a gorgeous shrub and a big favourite of mine.


We should all be grateful we live in a climate which can't support Lantana.
Regularly considered one of the world's worst invasive weeds. Think of
Rhododendron ponticum, and multiply it by 10!


AND IT CAN BE FATAL, JEFF!