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John
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Re: Guess what this is 27NOW SOLVED
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February 02, 2012, 10:50:57 AM »
Pamela, no not yet and actually I don't have a stem shot but may take one later if needed!
Jorun, no to Lobelia!
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John
Horticulturist, photographer, author, garden designer and plant breeder; MGS member and RHS committee member. I garden at home in SW London and also at work in South London.
John
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Re: Guess what this is 27
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February 23, 2012, 12:56:11 AM »
OK Pamela here's a stem picture. You should get it now!
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John
Horticulturist, photographer, author, garden designer and plant breeder; MGS member and RHS committee member. I garden at home in SW London and also at work in South London.
John
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Re: Guess what this is 27
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March 01, 2012, 01:10:13 AM »
Still struggling with such a clue!
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John
Horticulturist, photographer, author, garden designer and plant breeder; MGS member and RHS committee member. I garden at home in SW London and also at work in South London.
JTh
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Re: Guess what this is 27
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March 01, 2012, 09:14:06 PM »
The stem did not help me much.
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Retired veterinary surgeon by training with a PhD in parasitology, but worked as a virologist since 1992.
Member of the MGS since 2004. Gardening in Oslo and to a limited extent in Halkidiki, Greece.
John
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Re: Guess what this is 27
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March 01, 2012, 11:50:46 PM »
It was supposed to help Pamela, not you!
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John
Horticulturist, photographer, author, garden designer and plant breeder; MGS member and RHS committee member. I garden at home in SW London and also at work in South London.
oron peri
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Re: Guess what this is 27
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Reply #20 on:
March 02, 2012, 10:30:11 AM »
What about Accanthus sennii.
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Garden Designer, Bulb man, Botanical tours guide.
Living and gardening in Tivon, Lower Galilee region, North Israel.
Min temp 5c Max 42c, around 450mm rain.
John
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Re: Guess what this is 27
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March 02, 2012, 09:08:24 PM »
I should have known you would get it. Yes, correct. A love(ly) shrub even if it is very vicious.
Though this potted plant flowered well the bracts died just as it came out which wasn't very attractive!
Typing error, the love shrub bit!
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John
Horticulturist, photographer, author, garden designer and plant breeder; MGS member and RHS committee member. I garden at home in SW London and also at work in South London.
Alisdair
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Re: Guess what this is 27
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March 03, 2012, 09:52:59 AM »
Wow, That's a super picture, John! (And I like your invention of this new gardening category, "love shrubs"....)
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Alisdair Aird
Gardens in SE England (Sussex); also coastal Southern Greece, and (in a very small way) South West France; MGS member (and former president); vice chairman RHS Lily Group, past chairman Cyclamen Society
Fleur Pavlidis
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Re: Guess what this is 27
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Reply #23 on:
March 03, 2012, 06:12:18 PM »
Just a minute, this is Acanthus senni, flowering in the MGS garden; it has pink/purple flowers and narrower leaves.
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MGS member, Greece. I garden in Attica, Greece and Mt Goulinas (450m) Central Greece
John
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Re: Guess what this is 27
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March 03, 2012, 07:33:58 PM »
No I believe this one is Acanthus arborescens? Certainly not A. sennii.
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John
Horticulturist, photographer, author, garden designer and plant breeder; MGS member and RHS committee member. I garden at home in SW London and also at work in South London.
Alisdair
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Re: Guess what this is 27
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March 04, 2012, 10:29:17 AM »
The Sparoza plant's leaves are surely nothing like the leaves of
Acanthus arboreus
(syn. A arborescens). But I agree, its flowers don't seem nearly full enough for A. sennii. Does A. sennii vary very much?
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Alisdair Aird
Gardens in SE England (Sussex); also coastal Southern Greece, and (in a very small way) South West France; MGS member (and former president); vice chairman RHS Lily Group, past chairman Cyclamen Society
John
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Re: Guess what this is 27
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March 04, 2012, 11:21:58 AM »
OK A. arboreus. I'm sticking with that for now until proved something else. What do the Israeli experts think? It's also quite likely that they grow quite a range of these east African species in frost free areas.
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John
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oron peri
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Re: Guess what this is 27
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March 04, 2012, 08:03:48 PM »
I also think the Acantus in Sparozza is A. arboreus, surly not A. sennii.
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Living and gardening in Tivon, Lower Galilee region, North Israel.
Min temp 5c Max 42c, around 450mm rain.
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