On Anzac Day SBS TV ran a program on John Simpson Kirkpatrick (Simpson
and his Donkey). Among the serried white headstones, the Turkish gardeners
tended a variety of perennials. There were some beds of a low spreading
succulent with deep-pink flowers quite like a glossy purple daisy bloom.
This may have been a native, it was difficult to judge. Anyway, my Mum has
this same plant growing in her garden and doesn't have a name to fit to it.
Did anyone see the SBS program and recognise the plant? It has stems or
'leaves' about as thick as a woman's little finger.

In the interim, I'll dub it Simpson's Succulent. :-)
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John Savage (news reply email invalid; keep news replies in newsgroup)

i've seen something similar growing near melbourne beaches like 90 mile
beach etc..

In article , John Savage wrote:
There were some beds of a low spreading
succulent with deep-pink flowers quite like a glossy purple daisy bloom.
This may have been a native, it was difficult to judge. Anyway, my Mum has
this same plant growing in her garden and doesn't have a name to fit to it.
Did anyone see the SBS program and recognise the plant? It has stems or
'leaves' about as thick as a woman's little finger.

I didn't see the program, but it sounds like some sort of "ice plant" -
which used to be all Mesembryanthemums, but that has been divided into
at least 10 new genera. Hope that helps!

cheers,

Marj

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