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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. |
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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! -- -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials South Devon |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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