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What plants would you take with you if you moved house.....
"Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" writes
The Leycesteria appreciation society are about to issue a writ:-) A superb good doer. Flowers, berries, nice leaf shape and colour-what else do you want. Blackbirds love the berries and the Gold finches eat the seeds in spring. Available also in a golden/yellow form. As if that is not enough the berries are delicious and taste of toffee. And it spreads everywhere! Almost as bad as Alchemilla mollis. -- Kay |
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What plants would you take with you if you moved house.....
"K" wrote "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" writes The Leycesteria appreciation society are about to issue a writ:-) A superb good doer. Flowers, berries, nice leaf shape and colour-what else do you want. Blackbirds love the berries and the Gold finches eat the seeds in spring. Available also in a golden/yellow form. As if that is not enough the berries are delicious and taste of toffee. And it spreads everywhere! Almost as bad as Alchemilla mollis. A German friend calls it 'Peasant Berry' - which could be why she thought I ought to have one of her seedling plants! I saw a golden leaved form last year and thought it prettier than the ordinary one. Is it possible there are different forms of the plain green sort? Because some people do seem to get much better flowers on theirs than others. -- Sue |
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What plants would you take with you if you moved house.....
"Sue" wrote in message reenews.net... "K" wrote "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" writes The Leycesteria appreciation society are about to issue a writ:-) A superb good doer. Flowers, berries, nice leaf shape and colour-what else do you want. Blackbirds love the berries and the Gold finches eat the seeds in spring. Available also in a golden/yellow form. As if that is not enough the berries are delicious and taste of toffee. And it spreads everywhere! Almost as bad as Alchemilla mollis. A German friend calls it 'Peasant Berry' - which could be why she thought I ought to have one of her seedling plants! I saw a golden leaved form last year and thought it prettier than the ordinary one. Is it possible there are different forms of the plain green sort? Because some people do seem to get much better flowers on theirs than others. -- Sue The yellow one is called Golden lanterns or something similar. The flowers and berries stand out much better against the yellow foliage. On the ordinary plant the leaf colour/tint flowers and berries do not contrast that well. It requires a sophisticated eye to appreciate its true quality:-) Leycesteria 'crocothyrsos' may be more to your taste --yellow flowers and looks nothing like the standard plant. |
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What plants would you take with you if you moved house.....
In article , "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)"
writes The yellow one is called Golden lanterns or something similar. The flowers and berries stand out much better against the yellow foliage. On the ordinary plant the leaf colour/tint flowers and berries do not contrast that well. It requires a sophisticated eye to appreciate its true quality:-) Ah .. that'll be the reason then ............... Leycesteria 'crocothyrsos' may be more to your taste --yellow flowers and looks nothing like the standard plant. I think 'nothing like the standard plant' might well be more to my taste! -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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What plants would you take with you if you moved house.....
"K" wrote in message ... "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" writes The Leycesteria appreciation society are about to issue a writ:-) A superb good doer. Flowers, berries, nice leaf shape and colour-what else do you want. Blackbirds love the berries and the Gold finches eat the seeds in spring. Available also in a golden/yellow form. As if that is not enough the berries are delicious and taste of toffee. And it spreads everywhere! Almost as bad as Alchemilla mollis. -- Kay And this comment from someone who won't hear a word said against celandine which is a total thug.:-) |
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