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Seaside shrub
On 2013-08-02 18:43:30 +0100, stuart noble said:
On 02/08/2013 17:43, Sacha wrote: On 2013-08-02 13:40:48 +0100, Spider said: On 02/08/2013 12:05, Sacha wrote: Yesterday, we took the grandson to Blackpool Sands and on the way from the car park, walking towards the café area, there was a very attractive silvery grey shrub. It was about 4' tall, not flowering and the foliage was quite 'soft', not in a new growth way but more as if that was its habit. I'd say the leaves were probably about Fuchsia size but the colour was distinctly silver-grey. Ray feels he's seen it before but can't bring its name to the surface. It's obviously salt tolerant but may be tender away from the seaside. Would anyone have any ideas from this descriptioon? A few ideas come to mind: Ballota hirsuta or B. pseudodictamus; Helichrysum petiolare, Phlomis sp., Salvia sp., or Teucrium fruticans. Any of those work for you? The colour is very similar to the Helichrysum but it's none of those and the leaves aren't hairy. We either have or know all the ones you mention and it's none of those, unfortunately. But thank you! Time to get a camera or a smartphone :-) The really, really irritating thing is that I had the camera with me in my basket! I was so busy shepherding the small one on and off the beach, avoiding people on the pavement, cars driving in or out and wasps, that I never even thought of it. If we go back in that direction, I'll certainly take a photo. In the meantime, I've emailed them asking if they can tell me what it is. As Blackpool Sands is owned by someone who has a plantsman's garden right behind the Sands and occasionally open to the public, I may be lucky. It will probably turn out to be something really well known and we'll hang our heads! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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