Janet Baraclough.. wrote:
:: ..which might not be the right spelling. I always think I'll

The correct spelling is; dragoeiro....it can live for a thousand years and
can grow to seventy feet tall.

:: remember plant names despite frequent evidence to the contrary. I
:: brought back some seeds and they've just germinated into something
:: pointy. Unfortunately I can't remember what dragueiro is..does
:: anyone know?
::

It's a tree, a dragon tree to be precise, pictures he
http://makeashorterlink.com/?R2F5362E8


Other information is he
http://www.prio.no/private/jorgen/dragontree.html

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"Janet Baraclough.." wrote:


..which might not be the right spelling. I always think I'll remember
plant names despite frequent evidence to the contrary. I brought back
some seeds and they've just germinated into something pointy.
Unfortunately I can't remember what dragueiro is..does anyone know?

Even more annoyingly, I completely lost the label on another batch of
seed, which are now growing away in the garden marked "Madeiran seed". I
also bought various bulbs in the flower market there, and the stall
holder generously gave me a free bulb of something else whose name I'd
forgotten by the time I got home...now growing and labelled "freebie"
:-(

Janet.

Could this be it? "Dragoeiro is the dragon tree that grows only on Cape
Verde and a few other places in the world." http://www.dragoeiro.com/
Dracaena drac http://web.galaia.pt/SJorge/geografi.../dragoeiro.php
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South Devon

Janet Baraclough.. wrote:
The message
from "Bob Hobden" contains these words:
Hey JB!!!! Not much chance of heat up there gal. Now if it requires a
lot of rain they your home and dry ... or wet as the case may be.

Mag's:-)

Sounds like it requires a bit of heat and dry conditions Janet, needs a
garden in the South perhaps, and one quite near London in a dry spot, I
wonder who might have such a garden? :-)


Oooh, I dunno anyone like that, Bob in Runnymede, 17miles west of
London...except my toxic sister, and we can count her out.

Thanks Phil and Sacha, that's it! I think it will have to be a
houseplant here. Now all I need is a 70ft tall house, or a brave knight
in Runnymede 17 miles west of London, to save me from too many dragons
:-) Another one germinated today, so if they survive a Scottish summer,
Bob, I'll send you one when they are big enough. Remind me in autumn.

I've got another dragon-plant..I mention this because I know Susie
Thompson, and Cormaic's missus Karen, are dragon fans. It's persicaria
vaccinifolium Red Dragon, which in sun produces dark red/purple leaves
on viperish zig zag stems. In shade, they are overcast with a beautiful
greenish bloom V-shape like a dragon's tongue. In my last, cold garden
on the Scottish mainland, it had to be cajoled, cosseted and given
winter cover etc. Here on Arran, it has found it's feet and is ramping
away like a fiery beast.

Janet.

..which might not be the right spelling. I always think I'll remember
plant names despite frequent evidence to the contrary. I brought back
some seeds and they've just germinated into something pointy.
Unfortunately I can't remember what dragueiro is..does anyone know?

Even more annoyingly, I completely lost the label on another batch of
seed, which are now growing away in the garden marked "Madeiran seed". I
also bought various bulbs in the flower market there, and the stall
holder generously gave me a free bulb of something else whose name I'd
forgotten by the time I got home...now growing and labelled "freebie"
:-(

Janet.

In message , Janet
Baraclough.. writes
snip
I've got another dragon-plant..I mention this because I know Susie
Thompson, and Cormaic's missus Karen, are dragon fans. It's persicaria
vaccinifolium Red Dragon, which in sun produces dark red/purple leaves
on viperish zig zag stems. In shade, they are overcast with a beautiful
greenish bloom V-shape like a dragon's tongue. In my last, cold garden
on the Scottish mainland, it had to be cajoled, cosseted and given
winter cover etc. Here on Arran, it has found it's feet and is ramping
away like a fiery beast.

Janet, I wonder if your dragon plant would survive the wild and woolly
climate of the western side of Arran ;-) It'd be an interesting
experiment when we have our garden better organised. At the moment it's
still pretty well in the development stage and we've moved the final
position of our lawn-to-be at least twice already.

I believe that your (eastern) side of the island gets around forty
percent more rain than we do over here, while we tend to get higher
winds and the occasional fall of snow in winter. You're right, of
course, about me and dragons. I used to have a lovely geranium called
Firedragon, which I thought was very appropriate to ceramics and kilns,
but it was fairly tender and I lost it a couple of years back when we
were still in West Cornwall. I'm off to Brodick Hall on Friday morning
with dragons, mice, birds, flowers, cats et al to what should be a
really good craft fair.
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In message , Janet
Baraclough.. writes
snip
I've got another dragon-plant..I mention this because I know Susie
Thompson, and Cormaic's missus Karen, are dragon fans. It's persicaria
vaccinifolium Red Dragon, which in sun produces dark red/purple leaves
on viperish zig zag stems. In shade, they are overcast with a beautiful
greenish bloom V-shape like a dragon's tongue. In my last, cold garden
on the Scottish mainland, it had to be cajoled, cosseted and given
winter cover etc. Here on Arran, it has found it's feet and is ramping
away like a fiery beast.

Janet, I wonder if your dragon plant would survive the wild and woolly
climate of the western side of Arran ;-) It'd be an interesting
experiment when we have our garden better organised. At the moment it's
still pretty well in the development stage and we've moved the final
position of our lawn-to-be at least twice already.

I believe that your (eastern) side of the island gets around forty
percent more rain than we do over here, while we tend to get higher
winds and the occasional fall of snow in winter. You're right, of
course, about me and dragons. I used to have a lovely geranium called
Firedragon, which I thought was very appropriate to ceramics and kilns,
but it was fairly tender and I lost it a couple of years back when we
were still in West Cornwall. I'm off to Brodick Hall on Friday morning
with dragons, mice, birds, flowers, cats et al to what should be a
really good craft fair.
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Baraclough.. writes
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I'm off to Brodick Hall on Friday morning
with dragons, mice, birds, flowers, cats et al to what should be a
really good craft fair.

I'll come and look then :-)

Look forward to seeing you tomorrow then. If the weather's
cloudy/rainy, as if often can be in Brodick on a Friday morning in late
July, we could be quite busy ;-)))
Susie
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I'm off to Brodick Hall on Friday morning
with dragons, mice, birds, flowers, cats et al to what should be a
really good craft fair.

I'll come and look then :-)

Look forward to seeing you tomorrow then. If the weather's
cloudy/rainy, as if often can be in Brodick on a Friday morning in late
July, we could be quite busy ;-)))
Susie
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