I admire the, how shall I say, 'sequential' growth habit of this plant.
It blooms constantly until frost and the hummers dig it.


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Amos Nomore expounded:

I admire the, how shall I say, 'sequential' growth habit of this plant.
It blooms constantly until frost and the hummers dig it.

Yes, it does, I've got one out on the patio.
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South of Boston, Massachusetts
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Very nice & coincidently I just bought one from UCI arboretum aka 'Bat Face
Cuphea' & so
here is my pic.
Cheers Wendy

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Amos Nomore expounded:

I admire the, how shall I say, 'sequential' growth habit of this plant.
It blooms constantly until frost and the hummers dig it.

Yes, it does, I've got one out on the patio.
--
Ann, gardening in Zone 6a
South of Boston, Massachusetts
e-mail address is not checked
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Ann wrote:

Amos Nomore expounded:

I admire the, how shall I say, 'sequential' growth habit of this plant.
It blooms constantly until frost and the hummers dig it.

Yes, it does, I've got one out on the patio.

I used to buy new plants every Spring. I assumed that the plants were
grown from cuttings because the seeds don't seem to be available
anywhere. This year I started from seed (very easy to collect and
germinate) and started them indoors in March.

Here's a pic I've posted before. I call it "Hang Glider" or "Daedalus".


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"Wendy7" wrote:

Very nice & coincidently I just bought one from UCI arboretum aka 'Bat Face
Cuphea' & so
here is my pic.
Cheers Wendy

Thanks Wendy. Here's another Cuphea I grew last year. I'm not sure of
the species, but the flowers were comparatively small.


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Very nice, great pics. Did I ask you what type of camera you use? Cheers
Wendy
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Ann wrote:

Amos Nomore expounded:

I admire the, how shall I say, 'sequential' growth habit of this plant.
It blooms constantly until frost and the hummers dig it.

Yes, it does, I've got one out on the patio.

I used to buy new plants every Spring. I assumed that the plants were
grown from cuttings because the seeds don't seem to be available
anywhere. This year I started from seed (very easy to collect and
germinate) and started them indoors in March.

Here's a pic I've posted before. I call it "Hang Glider" or "Daedalus".




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Very nice, great pics. Did I ask you what type of camera you use? Cheers
Wendy

Thanks! I use an Olympus C8080WZ. I'm not big on rtfm, so it's been
taking time to figure the thing out. It does more than I thought it
could, but I have much to learn about how to make it do what I want it
to do. Once that's accomplished, I'll need a new camera, if I'm still
alive. ;-}

It's rare that I miss my SLR, though it was easier to take good pictures
with it. But there's no substitute for being able to cheaply make a
zillion digital exposures and choosing the best at one's leisure. Not
to mention the simplicity of digital imagery manipulation at home these
days.
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In article ,
Ann wrote:

Amos Nomore expounded:

I admire the, how shall I say, 'sequential' growth habit of this plant.
It blooms constantly until frost and the hummers dig it.

Yes, it does, I've got one out on the patio.

I used to buy new plants every Spring. I assumed that the plants were
grown from cuttings because the seeds don't seem to be available
anywhere. This year I started from seed (very easy to collect and
germinate) and started them indoors in March.

Here's a pic I've posted before. I call it "Hang Glider" or "Daedalus".
Looks like his landing gear is ready for the landing.

In article ,
"Wendy7" wrote:

Very nice & coincidently I just bought one from UCI arboretum aka 'Bat Face
Cuphea' & so
here is my pic.
Cheers Wendy

"Ann" wrote in message
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Amos Nomore expounded:

I admire the, how shall I say, 'sequential' growth habit of this plant.
It blooms constantly until frost and the hummers dig it.

Yes, it does, I've got one out on the patio.
--
Ann, gardening in Zone 6a
South of Boston, Massachusetts
e-mail address is not checked
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On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:10:58 -0700, "Wendy7" wrote:


Very nice & coincidently I just bought one from UCI arboretum aka 'Bat Face
Cuphea' & so

we had the Bat Face and several others - All but the C. ignea were
killed by the cold last winter.
The Bat Face really does look like a bat.
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