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22-08-2008, 10:40 AM
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Hallo,
On a recent trip to Madeira, I was struck by some plants in our hotel garden. They have long spearlike leaves with the outer surface of purple colour, and the inner surface normal green. Our friendly hotel gardener supplied us with a few and I have now had them here(SW Germany) for everal weeks. Does anyone recognise them from this rather poor description, and if so, can they help with any information, such as name and best way to look after them? Many thanks in advance. Gordon Filby |
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22-08-2008, 10:55 AM
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On 22/8/08 10:40, in article , "Gordon
Filby" wrote: Hallo, On a recent trip to Madeira, I was struck by some plants in our hotel garden. They have long spearlike leaves with the outer surface of purple colour, and the inner surface normal green. Our friendly hotel gardener supplied us with a few and I have now had them here(SW Germany) for everal weeks. Does anyone recognise them from this rather poor description, and if so, can they help with any information, such as name and best way to look after them? Many thanks in advance. Gordon Filby Phormiums? Aloes? Astelia? Charlie goes to Madeira every year so he'll probably be able to help you. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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22-08-2008, 12:53 PM
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says... Hallo, On a recent trip to Madeira, I was struck by some plants in our hotel garden. They have long spearlike leaves with the outer surface of purple colour, and the inner surface normal green. Our friendly hotel gardener supplied us with a few and I have now had them here(SW Germany) for everal weeks. Does anyone recognise them from this rather poor description, and if so, can they help with any information, such as name and best way to look after them? Many thanks in advance. Gordon Filby Nothing is leaping to mind! try a few more details, height?, Width of leaves?, do the leaves go to the base or are there stalks? A picture would make life easier :~) -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea |
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23-08-2008, 10:29 AM
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On 23/8/08 08:44, in article ,
"Charlie Pridham" wrote: In article , says... Hallo, On a recent trip to Madeira, I was struck by some plants in our hotel garden. They have long spearlike leaves with the outer surface of purple colour, and the inner surface normal green. Our friendly hotel gardener supplied us with a few and I have now had them here(SW Germany) for everal weeks. Does anyone recognise them from this rather poor description, and if so, can they help with any information, such as name and best way to look after them? Many thanks in advance. Gordon Filby OK, Gordon has now sent me a picture (Which I don't recognise - which means it will be something obvious!) anyway I have put it up in the hope someone else will recognize it www.roselandhouse.co.uk/bild025.jpg At a guess only, Tradescantia spathacea. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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23-08-2008, 12:42 PM
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Hallo,
You're dead right! Putting "picture of Tradescantia spathacea" gives practically the picture I sent right at the top of the hit list! Looking through some of the information, it seems more like something to be avoided. Many thanks for all replies. Gordon in Karlsruhe, Germany "Sacha" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... On 23/8/08 08:44, in article , "Charlie Pridham" wrote: In article , says... Hallo, On a recent trip to Madeira, I was struck by some plants in our hotel garden. They have long spearlike leaves with the outer surface of purple colour, and the inner surface normal green. Our friendly hotel gardener supplied us with a few and I have now had them here(SW Germany) for everal weeks. Does anyone recognise them from this rather poor description, and if so, can they help with any information, such as name and best way to look after them? Many thanks in advance. Gordon Filby OK, Gordon has now sent me a picture (Which I don't recognise - which means it will be something obvious!) anyway I have put it up in the hope someone else will recognize it www.roselandhouse.co.uk/bild025.jpg At a guess only, Tradescantia spathacea. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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23-08-2008, 12:49 PM
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says... Tradescantia spathacea That certainly looks like it and it sounds the sort of plant that would be planted up there, (and it explains why the shape of the thing looked vaguely familiar! -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea |
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23-08-2008, 01:32 PM
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On 23 Aug, 12:42, "Gordon Filby" wrote:
Hallo, You're dead right! Putting "picture of Tradescantia spathacea" gives practically the picture I sent right at the top of the hit list! Looking through some of the information, it seems more like something to be avoided. Many thanks for all replies. Gordon in Karlsruhe, Germany "Sacha" schrieb im .co.uk... On 23/8/08 08:44, in article , "Charlie Pridham" wrote: In article , says... Hallo, On a recent trip to Madeira, I was struck by some plants in our hotel garden. They have long spearlike leaves with the outer surface of purple colour, and the inner surface normal green. Our friendly hotel gardener supplied us with a few and I have now had them here(SW Germany) for everal weeks. *Does anyone recognise them from this rather poor description, and if so, can they help with any information, such as name and best way to look after them? Many thanks in advance. Gordon Filby OK, Gordon has now sent me a picture (Which I don't recognise - which means it will be something obvious!) anyway I have put it up in the hope someone else will recognize it www.roselandhouse.co.uk/bild025.jpg At a guess only, Tradescantia spathacea. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Sounds quite interesting to me, the variegated form even more so. http://www.mediastorehouse.com/pictu...VARIEGATA.html I'll have to look out for it if we do go to Madeira in the new year. David Hill Abacus Nurseries |
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23-08-2008, 01:36 PM
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On 23/8/08 12:49, in article ,
"Charlie Pridham" wrote: In article , says... Tradescantia spathacea That certainly looks like it and it sounds the sort of plant that would be planted up there, (and it explains why the shape of the thing looked vaguely familiar! It was the colour that got me thinking Tradescantia. We don't have that one but we do have the trailing one and it's close enough in leaf shape and colour to trigger of something in what are laughingly called my 'thought processes' ;-) -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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23-08-2008, 01:38 PM
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On 23/8/08 13:32, in article
, "Dave Hill" wrote: snip Sounds quite interesting to me, the variegated form even more so. http://www.mediastorehouse.com/pictu...HACEA-VARIEGAT A.html I'll have to look out for it if we do go to Madeira in the new year. David Hill Abacus Nurseries Tuck an extra one into your suitcase please, David. ;-) -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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