In article ,
says...

In article ,
Sacha writes:
| I'm still trying to ID this plant. I think my last try got lost as I
| foolishly forgot to attach the url until Anne reminded me. Trouble is, I
| can't remember where we took this.
| http://i17.tinypic.com/6ozvn2t.jpg

This annoys me. I have seen that flower form before, but didn't
like the plant, and can't remember what it was. This is a much
nicer plant.

My best bet is one of the Caprifoliaceae, either Leycesteria or
a close relative. I have tried to find a picture of L. crocothyrsos
in flower on the Web, and failed dismally, but suspect it is not
that.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

not ringing any bells here (I did see it the last time) can you remember
whether it was in the UK?
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

On 25/11/07 13:29, in article
, "Charlie Pridham"
wrote:

In article ,
says...

In article ,
Sacha writes:
| I'm still trying to ID this plant. I think my last try got lost as I
| foolishly forgot to attach the url until Anne reminded me. Trouble is, I
| can't remember where we took this.
| http://i17.tinypic.com/6ozvn2t.jpg

This annoys me. I have seen that flower form before, but didn't
like the plant, and can't remember what it was. This is a much
nicer plant.

My best bet is one of the Caprifoliaceae, either Leycesteria or
a close relative. I have tried to find a picture of L. crocothyrsos
in flower on the Web, and failed dismally, but suspect it is not
that.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

not ringing any bells here (I did see it the last time) can you remember
whether it was in the UK?

I don't think it was UK. If it was, it would have been e.g. Tresco but I
suspect it was either in the Med or the Caribbean. If I can find any clue
as to date on it, that might help.
But it's weird that Nick says Leycesteria because I woke up this morning
(having dreamt about a garden I had to plant in a place where I couldn't
find the greenhouses to source the plants, all of which had to be pink!) and
thought 'nutmeg'.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

In article ,
Sacha writes:
| .
| But it's weird that Nick says Leycesteria because I woke up this morning
| (having dreamt about a garden I had to plant in a place where I couldn't
| find the greenhouses to source the plants, all of which had to be pink!) and
| thought 'nutmeg'.

Not really :-) You will have seen the same similarities that I did!


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On 25/11/07 14:48, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote:


In article ,
Sacha writes:
| .
| But it's weird that Nick says Leycesteria because I woke up this morning
| (having dreamt about a garden I had to plant in a place where I couldn't
| find the greenhouses to source the plants, all of which had to be pink!)
and
| thought 'nutmeg'.

Not really :-) You will have seen the same similarities that I did!


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Tsk! Allow me my "ooooh spooky" moments ;-)) It was the Caribbean. The
guru who set up my new computer managed to unscramble the photos too. At a
guess it was almost certainly in Nevis in February so I'll have a dig around
for Caribbean plants in Google.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'