Need help to identify this plant please!
Last post 28-07-2009 9:25 PM by linzbutler. 22 replies.
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10/05/2009 11:11 AM
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- wattsy
- 09 May 2009
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I have this plant in the back garden but would like to get it for the front garden too. One problem with that is i havn't a clue what it is! I have looked through various books but am still none the wiser!
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
You can view bigger pictures i took of it here:
http://s615.photobucket.com/albums/tt231/wattsy1/
Many thanks
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10/05/2009 04:02 PM
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- Phot's-Moll
- The sunny South coast.
- 06 Jan 2007
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Very pretty, I can see why you want more. Luckily you can still take cuttings without knowing what it's called.
Whether you think you can do a thing, or think you cannot, you are right.
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10/05/2009 04:14 PM
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- wattsy
- 09 May 2009
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Unfortunately I am not too knowledgable when it comes to gardening, the garden was well established when I moved in..........i am learning though! 
Is it quite simple to taking cuttings and grow them successfuly?
Many thanks
Scott
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10/05/2009 06:43 PM
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- Phot's-Moll
- The sunny South coast.
- 06 Jan 2007
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Taking cuttings is simple. The success rate varies depending on the type of plant (I'm sure Sue or Silver Surfer will be along to identify yours soon) To try, fill a pot with compost and water it. Cut some pieces of plant about five inches long. Take bits without flowers if you can. Remove all leaves from the bottom half and any flowers. Stick the cuttings in the pot (you can dip them in rooting powder or gel if you like, but I never bother) and stand the pot in a shady, sheltered spot. To increase your chances, try taking cuttings at different times of the year. There are more complicated ways of taking cuttings, but this way does work for lots of things.
Whether you think you can do a thing, or think you cannot, you are right.
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10/05/2009 08:06 PM
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- miranda
- Oxfordshire
- 17 Nov 2004
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I feel I ought to know what it is, but I can't bring a name to mind. You could try layering it - lay a couple of stems on the soil and cover them with more soil, then check every few weeks to see if the stems have developed roots. When they do, you can remove the stems from the main plant and pot them up and then plant them out when they're well established.
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10/05/2009 09:02 PM
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- Phot's-Moll
- The sunny South coast.
- 06 Jan 2007
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I feel I ought to know what it is, but I can't bring a name to mind. Me too, Miranda. I think it's Australian, likes acid soil and has an E in it - could be thinking of something else though.
Whether you think you can do a thing, or think you cannot, you are right.
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11/05/2009 08:59 AM
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- Linnea
- Hampshire
- 10 Jan 2008
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Looks like pink gypsophila to me.
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11/05/2009 05:17 PM
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- Phot's-Moll
- The sunny South coast.
- 06 Jan 2007
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The flowers look a bit like that, but gyp doesn't have woody stems nor so many leaves.
Whether you think you can do a thing, or think you cannot, you are right.
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11/05/2009 05:33 PM
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- Linnea
- Hampshire
- 10 Jan 2008
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How can you tell that from the photo's phot's? have i missed something?
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11/05/2009 06:16 PM
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I thought it looked like a shrub too. You can see the woody stems at the bottom of the pic if you zoom in.( Use the link pics they enlarge really well) With small lance shaped leaves up the stem and single flowers in the leaf axils. I believe this rules out Gypsophila which forms a cloud of numerous small flowers. Its a real beauty.
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11/05/2009 06:55 PM
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- sue1002
- Ipswich, Suffolk
- 06 Sep 2005
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This is just a guess but could it be Coleonema pulchellum/pink Diosma?
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11/05/2009 07:33 PM
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- Phot's-Moll
- The sunny South coast.
- 06 Jan 2007
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Linnea, I clicked the link and looked at a full size photo and the stems looked woody to me.
I've just looked that up, Sue and I think you could be right. (That's not the plant I was trying to think of)
Whether you think you can do a thing, or think you cannot, you are right.
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11/05/2009 08:19 PM
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Well done Sue, that seems to fit. Evergreen shrubs. The RHS Plant Finder shows Diosma ericoides Pink Fountain and Coleonema pulchellum as different plants. However , I cannot see enough info on www to tell them apart.
Thats another to go on my wish list!!!!
http://books.google.com/books?id=v9FaNAifPLEC&pg=PA99&lpg=PA99&dq=diosma+ericoides+pink+fountain&source=bl&ots=Oh-lotTr0p&sig=m9mg_YSuqCMPdWHXq3d-s1vjfvc&hl=en&ei=BXkISq_rBo6SjAeNztzsBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10
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11/05/2009 09:53 PM
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The plant in my avatar is flowering. I thought it was an overgrown cystus, and may well be, but I want to know if it flowers every year or dies off like yucca?
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11/05/2009 10:41 PM
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- sue1002
- Ipswich, Suffolk
- 06 Sep 2005
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 Silver surfer:Well done Sue, that seems to fit. Evergreen shrubs. The RHS Plant Finder shows Diosma ericoides Pink Fountain and Coleonema pulchellum as different plants. However , I cannot see enough info on www to tell them apart.
I wasn't sure but I found it by googling images of 'shrub pink flowers spring' and as some of the pictures had both names in them, I wondered if it's a plant that's had it's name changed along the way as we've been finding out lately.
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