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Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: Kingfisher on September 03, 2008, 20:17:44

Title: Identification needed please
Post by: Kingfisher on September 03, 2008, 20:17:44: Hi can anyone tell me what this plant is called, I am going to confess to you all that I planted this plant into my allotment thinking it was a pepper plant, dur

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Title: Re: Identification needed please
Post by: kenkew on September 03, 2008, 20:22:38: Looks like a blankety-blank plant.
Got a pic, KF?
Title: Re: Identification needed please
Post by: saddad on September 03, 2008, 20:23:14: Not without a pic or a description.... turned off the telepathy for tonight! ;D
Title: Re: Identification needed please
Post by: Kingfisher on September 03, 2008, 20:26:38: Quote from: kenkew on September 03, 2008, 20:22:38
Looks like a blankety-blank plant.
Got a pic, KF?

Just learning sorry
Title: Re: Identification needed please
Post by: star on September 03, 2008, 20:31:11: Its a bit far away but it looks like a Hibiscus to me.
Title: Re: Identification needed please
Post by: lavenderlux on September 03, 2008, 20:32:40: I think its an annual Lavatera
Title: Re: Identification needed please
Post by: manicscousers on September 03, 2008, 20:33:07: lavatera ?
don't worry, kingfisher, we're all still learning :)
sorry, lavenderlux, crossed posts, and welcome to the site ;D
Title: Re: Identification needed please
Post by: Mushy Pea on September 03, 2008, 20:34:39: I'll second lavenderlux & manicscousers with lavatera.

MP
Title: Re: Identification needed please
Post by: Kingfisher on September 03, 2008, 20:46:28: No its not Hibiscus nor Lavatera, and it is not Lavender Lux :(
Title: Re: Identification needed please
Post by: Kingfisher on September 03, 2008, 20:55:04: This a close up of the flower, hope this helps

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Title: Re: Identification needed please
Post by: manicscousers on September 03, 2008, 20:59:50: marshmallow plant ?
Title: Re: Identification needed please
Post by: Kingfisher on September 03, 2008, 21:06:53: Quote from: manicscousers on September 03, 2008, 20:59:50
marshmallow plant ?

no not that either ???
Title: Re: Identification needed please
Post by: Kingfisher on September 03, 2008, 21:57:26: Sorry, I have found out this is a Lavatera many thanks, also sorry lavenderlux for getting your name crossed with my plant name, feel realy silly now :-[
Title: Re: Identification needed please
Post by: star on September 04, 2008, 14:41:28: I stand corrected too Kingfisher. Much better to see its a Lavatera close up. ;)

Are you going to keep it? tis pretty, though as you probably know it can get rather large
Title: Re: Identification needed please
Post by: Kingfisher on September 05, 2008, 01:52:18: Thankyou Star, if you fancy some seeds pm me and I could post you some .

Lavatera , sounds like a dodgy loo roll lol ;)
Title: Re: Identification needed please
Post by: ACE on September 05, 2008, 09:21:07: Quote from: Kingfisher on September 05, 2008, 01:52:18

Lavatera , sounds like a dodgy loo roll lol ;)

Say it 'LAV ERR TER ERR' makes it sound better, just a pity the plant is rubbish. It gets out of hand and spreads very quickly if not looked after.

My tips for looking after it, is prune to the ground immediately, then dig up the root, and weedkill the area. ;D

As you may gather, not my favorite plant.
Title: Re: Identification needed please
Post by: star on September 11, 2008, 21:59:04: Quote from: Kingfisher on September 05, 2008, 01:52:18
Thankyou Star, if you fancy some seeds pm me and I could post you some .

Lavatera , sounds like a dodgy loo roll lol ;)

Thanks for the offer Kingfisher, my garden is far too small to grow something so large that I cant eat :-\

Bog roll..........yeah it does sound like that ;D ;D ;D ;D

Or a posh bog...."Aym jest popping to the lavatera dahling" ;D 8) ;D