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Plant identification => Plant identification => Topic started by: Alisdair on February 26, 2018, 09:05:01 AM

Title: A purple-flowered climber ID'd by John J as Hardenbergia violacea
Post by: Alisdair on February 26, 2018, 09:05:01 AM

Melina Daff has posted a message on the MGS facebook page www.facebook.com/mediterraneangardensociety (http://www.facebook.com/mediterraneangardensociety) asking for an ID; help, please!

Title: Re: A purple-flowered climber
Post by: John J on February 26, 2018, 09:35:33 AM

Alisdair, have you tried Hardenbergia violacea?

Title: Re: A purple-flowered climber
Post by: Alisdair on February 26, 2018, 10:00:23 AM

John, big thanks for that. The foliage looks just right (picture's not very sharp on the flowers)

Title: Re: A purple-flowered climber ID'd by John J as Hardenbergia violacea
Post by: John J on February 26, 2018, 10:10:00 AM

This is our plant taken a few minutes ago. In the rain I might add, not heavy but in our position we're grateful for all we can get! :'(

Title: Re: A purple-flowered climber ID'd by John J as Hardenbergia violacea
Post by: Alisdair on February 26, 2018, 03:20:35 PM

Lovely, John. I've passed your ID on but don't think Melina Daff has yet picked it up. I'm sure she'll be very grateful to know.

Title: Re: A purple-flowered climber ID'd by John J as Hardenbergia violacea
Post by: David Dickinson on February 26, 2018, 09:36:08 PM

I took a photo of my white Hardenbergia yesterday and also had a problem getting the flowers in focus.  Not the first time I have had this problem and I know a "bad workman always blames his tools" but I put it down to using a very amateur camera. I presume it is the same species, though how you tell the Hardenbergia species apart I don't know. I wonder how the flowers will fare with their current thick blanket of snow and the way below 0°C temperatures predicted for tonight and tomorrow night?

Title: Re: A purple-flowered climber ID'd by John J as Hardenbergia violacea
Post by: Alisdair on February 27, 2018, 09:25:57 AM

John: Melina Daff says thanks very much. And David - good luck with your snow and ice! Alessandra Vinciguerra posted a video of it snowing even among the subtropical plants in La Mortella on Ischia, which you can see by clicking here (https://www.facebook.com/alessandra.vinciguerra/posts/10215199991303712)