Author Topic: I know what this is... (Read 4621 times)

Froglegs · « **on:** August 17, 2007, 05:24:05 »

......but do you?, flowers from may to the first frost. :)

saddad · « **Reply #1 on:** August 17, 2007, 07:44:04 »

No, but it looks lovely... my first guess was one of the red Passifloras but too woody, unless it is growing through a laurel of some kind!
;D

Grandma · « **Reply #2 on:** August 17, 2007, 08:19:29 »

It's lovely! Is it a magnolia of some kind?

Froglegs · « **Reply #3 on:** August 17, 2007, 10:44:56 »

Mmmmm......no. :)

quizzical1 · « **Reply #4 on:** August 17, 2007, 11:16:58 »

Is it maybe one of the multitude of Azaleas/Rhododendrons (same family)?

Froglegs · « **Reply #5 on:** August 17, 2007, 12:04:26 »

No :)

valmarg · « **Reply #6 on:** August 17, 2007, 13:00:22 »

How about calycanthus occidentalis (Californian allspice).

According to my RHS A-Z of Garden Plants it is fully frost hardy.

valmarg

Froglegs · « **Reply #7 on:** August 17, 2007, 20:36:39 »

Quote from: valmarg on August 17, 2007, 13:00:22

How about calycanthus occidentalis (Californian allspice).

According to my RHS A-Z of Garden Plants it is fully frost hardy.

valmarg

Correct ;D and yes it is fully frost hardy, and is allways smutherd in flowers, doesn't mind being pruned back hard. I grew mine from seed about 9 years ago from Chiltern seeds. ;D

valmarg · « **Reply #8 on:** August 17, 2007, 21:26:49 »

froglegs, I first came across it when I took a snap of a plant in a garden on Jersey about 20 years ago. I originally thought it was a magnolia (from the shape of the flowers). It is a 'little' beaut!!

valmarg

flowerlady · « **Reply #9 on:** August 20, 2007, 11:00:47 »

That's lovely ... does it have a scent ????

Hyacinth · « **Reply #10 on:** August 20, 2007, 15:13:02 »

Want one! That's a lovely thing and really earns its keep, doesn't it? Any other colours, btw?

ACE · « **Reply #11 on:** August 20, 2007, 17:19:20 »

If yours seeds, I would not mind a few. It is a beautiful plant.

Froglegs · « **Reply #12 on:** August 22, 2007, 20:12:13 »

Sorry Ace I've never got any seed from it. :'( i don't think it is self fertile.

Froglegs · « **Reply #13 on:** August 22, 2007, 21:22:17 »

Alishka sorry don't know if it comes in different colours

Flowerlady both foliage and flowers have a strong spicy scent which you like(i don't!) or ya don't. :-\ But if its scent ya after at this time of the year let me recommend Clerodendrum Bungei with its deep rose- pink flowers that just fill my garden with a perfume to rival any rose.

ACE · « **Reply #14 on:** August 23, 2007, 06:52:35 »

Nice if you have plenty of room, I spent a lot of last winter clearing this stuff from a garden as it is a bit of a thug and spreads easily.

Barnowl · « **Reply #15 on:** August 23, 2007, 10:27:47 »

Quote from: froglegs on August 22, 2007, 20:12:13

Sorry Ace I've never got any seed from it. :'( i don't think it is self fertile.

So the flowers never turn into actual allspice berries?

Froglegs · « **Reply #16 on:** August 23, 2007, 18:43:25 »

Quote from: ACE on August 23, 2007, 06:52:35

Nice if you have plenty of room, I spent a lot of last winter clearing this stuff from a garden as it is a bit of a thug and spreads easily.

It throws up the odd sucker but i would not call it a thug.

Froglegs · « **Reply #17 on:** August 23, 2007, 19:01:41 »

Quote from: Barnowl on August 23, 2007, 10:27:47

Quote from: froglegs on August 22, 2007, 20:12:13
Sorry Ace I've never got any seed from it. :'( i don't think it is self fertile.

So the flowers never turn into actual allspice berries?

No never had berries.

ACE · « **Reply #18 on:** August 23, 2007, 19:29:44 »

Quote from: froglegs on August 23, 2007, 18:43:25

Quote from: ACE on August 23, 2007, 06:52:35
Nice if you have plenty of room, I spent a lot of last winter clearing this stuff from a garden as it is a bit of a thug and spreads easily.
It throws up the odd sucker but i would not call it a thug.

If you had cleared as much as I had to, I bet you would. But on reflection the garden I was clearing had suffered from a lot from an inexperienced gardener/handyman for a few years and he had let it get out of hand. The area I cleared was big enough for a full size croquet lawn.

Froglegs · « **Reply #19 on:** August 23, 2007, 20:35:32 »

It's not a game we play in Nottingham, so how big is that then ma duck.

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