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What is 'Sea Foam'
Colleagues of mine, working on a model railway, are using some plant
material marketed under the name of 'sea foam', used to make model trees. They (and me) are interested to know what exactly this is. Pictures can be found at: http://www.elmgrove2.freeserve.co.uk/index-page12.html I would be grateful for any help. Bill Grange |
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What is 'Sea Foam'
"Jie-san Laushi" wrote in message ... They (and me) are interested to know what exactly this is. Are you Quite sure it is really a plant? There is/was on the market a "houseplant" sold as Ocean Fern, which is not a real plant at all but a dried bryozoan colony dyed green. If you could get a clearer picture of those "flowers"(?), it would be helpful; hydroid polyps may look like flowers. At first glance, I thought it was a marine algae ("seaweed"), but those "flowers" make me doubt it. I'm sure it's a flowering plant. I will try to get a better close-up. Bill Grange |
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What is 'Sea Foam'
Sea Foam is also known under the trade name of Super Trees. The Super
Trees webpage implies that it is related to the desert sagebrush which might be a clue if it is true: http://www.scenicexpress.com/supertrees.html This page has some larger photos of the entire plant: http://www.fcsme.org/bcarl/how_to_ma...supertrees.htm Possibilities include cultivars named Sea Foam or Seafoam in the sagebrush genus, Artemisia vulgaris 'Sea Foam': http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/p...dem/S450.shtml and Artemisia versicolor 'Seafoam': http://www.highcountrygardens.com/sh...e09969a b4969 However, both of those are silvery which doesn't match your photo. Here's another hobbyist webpage on Sea Foam for tree-making and it asks for the scientific name too: http://www.digitaldioramas.com/2002/...chachinger.php David R. Hershey "Bill Grange" wrote in message ... Colleagues of mine, working on a model railway, are using some plant material marketed under the name of 'sea foam', used to make model trees. They (and me) are interested to know what exactly this is. Pictures can be found at: http://www.elmgrove2.freeserve.co.uk/index-page12.html I would be grateful for any help. Bill Grange |
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What is 'Sea Foam'
"David Hershey" wrote in message om... Sea Foam is also known under the trade name of Super Trees. The Super Trees webpage implies that it is related to the desert sagebrush which might be a clue if it is true: http://www.scenicexpress.com/supertrees.html This page has some larger photos of the entire plant: http://www.fcsme.org/bcarl/how_to_ma...supertrees.htm Possibilities include cultivars named Sea Foam or Seafoam in the sagebrush genus, Artemisia vulgaris 'Sea Foam': http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/p...dem/S450.shtml and Artemisia versicolor 'Seafoam': http://www.highcountrygardens.com/sh...b61f5b718b0dd6 1993d5e09969ab4969 However, both of those are silvery which doesn't match your photo. Here's another hobbyist webpage on Sea Foam for tree-making and it asks for the scientific name too: http://www.digitaldioramas.com/2002/...chachinger.php David R. Hershey "Bill Grange" wrote in message ... Colleagues of mine, working on a model railway, are using some plant material marketed under the name of 'sea foam', used to make model trees. They (and me) are interested to know what exactly this is. Pictures can be found at: http://www.elmgrove2.freeserve.co.uk/index-page12.html I would be grateful for any help. Bill Grange David, Thank you very much for your information. I'm still at a loss as to what the plant actually is, though! Artemisia vulgaris is known in England as Mugwort. It's a plant of urban 'wastelands' and totally different from the plant sold as 'sea foam'. Artemisia versicolor, too, is not the same plant as the sample I have. Bill Grange |
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