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Old 22-04-2012, 05:16 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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On 22/04/2012 15:16, Dave Hill wrote:
On Apr 22, 12:26 pm, Jeff wrote:
On 22/04/2012 11:16, Janet Tweedy wrote:

In , Jeff Layman
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Sorry if you don't like baroque music (turn off the sound!), but can
anyone ID the plant illustrated here?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2eJf...eature=related


A hydrangea coming through a holly or an Osmanthus


It's something growing through one of those (or perhaps a Mahonia). But
it doesn't look like the sterile or fertile flowers of hydrangea.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:H...gea_flower.jpg

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Jeff


I'm almost certain it's Lantana http://www.flowerspictures.org/flowe...le-lantana.htm
David @ the wintery end of Swansea Bay


Thanks - it's been puzzling me. I didn't know there was a purple
lantana; all the plants I've seen have been red and yellow.

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Jeff