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Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: Jesse on June 11, 2004, 19:26:07

Title: What is it?
Post by: Jesse on June 11, 2004, 19:26:07

Went to the garden centre today and bought the following:

Papaver orientale Patty's Plum - oriental poppy
Lupin - The Govenor
Dwarf French Beans - Tendergreen
and..... also this (see picture) which had no name and was last one on shelf. Does anyone know what it is?

Any advice or comments on all the abovementioned plants would be welcome as they are all new to me.

(http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/jessco/bathbliss/Images/plant.jpg)

Title: Re:What is it?
Post by: jethro on June 11, 2004, 19:39:28

Not sure but it looks like a Candelabra Primula? but as always i will be proved wrong  ;D  :-\ .

Title: Re:What is it?
Post by: Palustris on June 11, 2004, 21:09:01

Exactly correct Jethro, Primula japonica type. Needs a nice moist soil in sun or dappled shade, prefers a situation where the air is moist too, like western Scotland ;D
Papaver orientale hybrids are dead easy grow anywhere plants. When they have finished flowering cut down the foliage like one is supposed to  do with geraniums and it will regrow strongly. Plant something later flowering to fill the gap.

Title: Re:What is it?
Post by: Muddy_Boots on June 12, 2004, 00:19:06

Phew, was my first reaction too!  Looking at leaves, glad to be in the majority!

Title: Re:What is it?
Post by: Jesse on June 12, 2004, 08:05:28

Thanks for that. I've got it in full sun so hope it doesn't get too hot. My soil is clay (with lots of organic matter) so think the soil conditions should be okay, stays moist for long.

The poppy - I hope it's dead easy to grow, you're talking to someone who manages to kill mint which other people regard as an invasive weed!