I visited York Gate Garden last Thursday and came across this. At first glance I thought it was a grass, I was attracted by the flashes of red, but on closer inspection it has what looks like blue flowers in the middle.
Any ideas what it is? SP x
I'm sure I've seen one recently.. perhaps at Harlow Carr yesterday but I don't know what it is ...
:-[
Looks like some sort of protea?
valmarg
I wondered that too but couldn't find any photos to compare it with in my books.
Hi Sweat-Pea,
try checking 'Miscanthus sinensis' especially 'Morning light'.
I love York Gate- shame it's not open very much.
Yes, it was my first visit there and I'm definitely plannig another visit next year. I got there just before opening and was quite amused by the volunteers fussing over me :-)
Sorry did not look at this before now. The plant in Fascicularia bicolor. It is a reasonably hardy member of the Bromeliad family (Pineapples!). It needs a well drained spot in full sun.
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Quote from: Palustris on October 02, 2007, 10:48:27
Sorry did not look at this before now. The plant in Fascicularia bicolor. It is a reasonably hardy member of the Bromeliad family (Pineapples!). It needs a well drained spot in full sun.
Thanks Palustris, mystery solved ;D You know, I have a bromeliad on my desk at work and I was just looking at it this morning and thinking that it had certain similarities to the plant at York gate.