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ID this flax plant, please?
This fine flax needs balancing by the purchase of another one. What should I be looking for? http://s246.photobucket.com/albums/g...rrent=flax.jpg It's growing exceptionally well in a south-facing position here in this garden, in Shropshire. And reminds me of how the only plants we observed flourishing on the balcony on the 25th floor of a high-rise in London were similar. Thanks. Eddy. |
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ID this flax plant, please?
"Eddy" wrote in message ... This fine flax needs balancing by the purchase of another one. What should I be looking for? A spade. It is growing well, and It's easily big enough to split in two. Then you know they'll both be the same, and you get to keep your money in your pocket. Steve |
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ID this flax plant, please?
shazzbat wrote:
It is growing well, and It's easily big enough to split in two. Then you know they'll both be the same, and you get to keep your money in your pocket. Thanks, Steve. I did think of this but immediately rejected the idea because I thought that to halve the thing would be to obviously halve its somewhat circular shape. Now you're making me wonder if it might be possible, once halved, to reposition both halves so that the split looks the least obvious. If both halves, once planted, look odd, I wonder if this kind of flax will regenerate its normal shape in time. Eddy. |
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ID this flax plant, please?
In message , Eddy
writes This fine flax needs balancing by the purchase of another one. What should I be looking for? http://s246.photobucket.com/albums/g...n=view¤t =flax.jpg It's growing exceptionally well in a south-facing position here in this garden, in Shropshire. And reminds me of how the only plants we observed flourishing on the balcony on the 25th floor of a high-rise in London were similar. It is either a rather windswept basic tenax or possibly a basic cookianum. It appears to have been in place for a few years but, although it is a bit difficult to judge the height I would guess around 1 metre which would probably rule out the basic tenax. -- Robert |
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ID this flax plant, please?
robert wrote:
It is either a rather windswept basic tenax or possibly a basic cookianum. It appears to have been in place for a few years but, although it is a bit difficult to judge the height I would guess around 1 metre which would probably rule out the basic tenax. http://www.habitas.org.uk/gardenflora/pcookianum.htm Thanks, Robert. The Cookianum is as close as damn it. It'll do, and I see they are available here in the UK - if we decide not to slice the flax we have in half . Eddy. |
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ID this flax plant, please?
shazzbat wrote:
This fine flax needs balancing by the purchase of another one. What should I be looking for? A spade. It is growing well, and It's easily big enough to split in two. Then you know they'll both be the same, and you get to keep your money in your pocket. Steve, thanks for the above thought. Said flax took some digging out of the ground - it clung for dear life to the slatey rock of which all "soil" in these parts of the Welsh border are made. But once extracted it lent itself to being sliced into three parts. So there are now three fine flaxes decorating the main bed. The frosts of the last week have been unexpected, and harsh, but hopefully these flaxes are hardy enough to survive. Eddy. |
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