Wot dat plant?
 

I found this in my garden. It is about 9" high at he moment and stands erect
but has an offshoot at the base which is sprawling. I have another that I
found self-sown in a pot. I did have another in an indoor pot (beneath the
roots of a lemon tree) but without the purplish tinge; it grew rapidly with
trailing branches over two feet long but it died off when I tried to
transplant it. All three plants seem more or less fleshy but with the lowest
stems turning woody.

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/hairyb...40076 8381986

Any ideas? I have a vague idea it might be Abutilon but as I have never
grown this I can not be sure.

TIA
R.

Wot dat plant?
 

On 2009-05-09 16:30:12 +0100, "Ragnar" said:

I found this in my garden. It is about 9" high at he moment and stands erect
but has an offshoot at the base which is sprawling. I have another that I
found self-sown in a pot. I did have another in an indoor pot (beneath the
roots of a lemon tree) but without the purplish tinge; it grew rapidly with
trailing branches over two feet long but it died off when I tried to
transplant it. All three plants seem more or less fleshy but with the lowest
stems turning woody.

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/hairyb...40076 8381986

Any

ideas? I have a vague idea it might be Abutilon but as I have never
grown this I can not be sure.

TIA
R.

It's making me think of some kind of Leycesteria but I'm not convincing myself!
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials
South Devon

Wot dat plant?
 

In message , Ragnar
writes
I found this in my garden. It is about 9" high at he moment and stands erect
but has an offshoot at the base which is sprawling. I have another that I
found self-sown in a pot. I did have another in an indoor pot (beneath the
roots of a lemon tree) but without the purplish tinge; it grew rapidly with
trailing branches over two feet long but it died off when I tried to
transplant it. All three plants seem more or less fleshy but with the lowest
stems turning woody.

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/hairyb...Gv1sRgCP3cjsP9
u_eT5QE#5333845400768381986

Any ideas? I have a vague idea it might be Abutilon but as I have never
grown this I can not be sure.

Not an Abutilon. Abutilons have alternate foliage (one leaf per node),
and palmate venation.

I think that I ought to be able to recognise this, but no name comes to
mind, and skimming a flora doesn't come up with any matches.

TIA
R.



--
Stewart Robert Hinsley

Wot dat plant?
 

In message , Anne Welsh Jackson
writes
Sacha wrote:

On 2009-05-09 16:30:12 +0100, "Ragnar" said:

I found this in my garden. It is about 9" high at he moment and
stands erect
but has an offshoot at the base which is sprawling. I have another that I
found self-sown in a pot. I did have another in an indoor pot (beneath the
roots of a lemon tree) but without the purplish tinge; it grew
rapidly with
trailing branches over two feet long but it died off when I tried to
transplant it. All three plants seem more or less fleshy but with
the lowest
stems turning woody.











http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/hairyb...40076 8381986

Any ideas? I have a vague idea it might be Abutilon but as I have
never grown this I can not be sure.

It's making me think of some kind of Leycesteria but I'm not
convincing myself!

It is definitely a Leycesteria, and AFAIK there is only one type
of Leycesteria, and that's L. formosa.

There's also Leycesteria crocothyrsos.

I don't see it as a Leycesteria. The lobing of the leaves, especially
the almost separated basal leaves, doesn't match with my photographs of
this, nor with what comes up in Google image search.
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley

Wot dat plant?
 

Thank you everyone for your replies. I agree with your diagnosis of
Leycesteria as there is a mature bush not far away and I now notice other
seedlings beneath it. I wonder how it got into my Lemon tree?

R.

"Anne Welsh Jackson" wrote in message
...
"Ragnar" wrote:

I found this in my garden. It is about 9" high at he moment and stands
erect
but has an offshoot at the base which is sprawling. I have another that I
found self-sown in a pot. I did have another in an indoor pot (beneath
the
roots of a lemon tree) but without the purplish tinge; it grew rapidly
with
trailing branches over two feet long but it died off when I tried to
transplant it. All three plants seem more or less fleshy but with the
lowest
stems turning woody.

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/hairyb...40076 8381986

Any ideas? I have a vague idea it might be Abutilon but as I have never
grown this I can not be sure.

Leycesteria formosa.
http://www.wildchicken.com/nature/ga...re_200_029.htm

Quite a pretty plant, but it self-seeds all over the place, and can
become a nuisance.

--
AnneJ

Wot dat plant?
 

On 2009-05-09 17:22:20 +0100, Stewart Robert Hinsley
said:

In message , Anne Welsh
Jackson writes
Sacha wrote:

On 2009-05-09 16:30:12 +0100, "Ragnar" said:

I found this in my garden. It is about 9" high at he moment and
stands erect
but has an offshoot at the base which is sprawling. I have another that I
found self-sown in a pot. I did have another in an indoor pot (beneath the
roots of a lemon tree) but without the purplish tinge; it grew
rapidly with
trailing branches over two feet long but it died off when I tried to
transplant it. All three plants seem more or less fleshy but with
the lowest
stems turning woody.










http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/hairyb...40076 8381986



Any ideas? I have a vague idea it might be Abutilon but as I have
never grown this I can not be sure.

It's making me think of some kind of Leycesteria but I'm not
convincing myself!

It is definitely a Leycesteria, and AFAIK there is only one type
of Leycesteria, and that's L. formosa.

There's also Leycesteria crocothyrsos.

I don't see it as a Leycesteria. The lobing of the leaves, especially
the almost separated basal leaves, doesn't match with my photographs of
this, nor with what comes up in Google image search.

The leaves aren't typical but IME, Leycesteria can 'throw' some funny
looking leaves from time to time.
--
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials
South Devon

Wot dat plant?
 

On 2009-05-09 17:44:34 +0100, "Ragnar" said:

Thank you everyone for your replies. I agree with your diagnosis of
Leycesteria as there is a mature bush not far away and I now notice other
seedlings beneath it. I wonder how it got into my Lemon tree?

As you said - seeds. It's extremely generous in that respect!
snip--
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials
South Devon

Wot dat plant?
 

Any ideas? I have a vague idea it might be Abutilon but as I have
never grown this I can not be sure.

I don't know what it *is*, but it ain't an abutilon (cos I've got one!).

Al.