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Thursday, September 13, 2007

Help the all Seasons Gardener!

What on earth is the name of this plant?

I should know it, and as soon as somebody tells me, I shall remember, but right now I cannot bring it to mind and having spent about three hours peering through one gardening book after another trying to identify it by sight, I'm in a very bad mood indeed.

Whatever it is, I want to get one for my garden, and like most shrubs, it'll probably cope best if it's planted in the autumn and allowed to over-winter before putting on spring growth, but unless I can come up with the name, I can't order it ...

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The All Seasons Gardener at 6:21 AM

3 Comments:

At September 13, 2007 1:52 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Mmm. If you were Down Under I would say, according to the flower shape, it was some variant of Acacia ... but pretty doubtful if you grow these in the UK, as they like arid conditions.

Mark H

 
At September 20, 2007 4:56 AM , Blogger Chris said...

I think it may be a form of Buddleia (Buddleja). Possibly 'Golden Glow' or 'Sungold'.

I'm trying to propagate one from a 'cutting' from a neighbours front garden ;-)

 
At September 21, 2007 7:06 AM , Anonymous Graham H said...

It's Buddleia globosa. Semi-evergreen, prefers well-drain soil, full sun and is frost hardy down to about -5C. Flowers in early summer.

Graham H. (Leicester)

 

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