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  • Morty_007
    Morty_007 Posts: 1,496 Forumite
    Thats "Love in a mist"!! I love this flower. The buds open up into very intricate flowers that are stunning! It self seeds abundantly. I searched for weeks for some seeds for this and finally fond them so I now have a nice little patch in my garden too.

    Boy, they have changed from the first photo haven't they? I didn't take much notice of mine as they were growing although I do recall mistaking them for California poppies.
    Good Enough Club member number 27(2) AND I got me a stalkee!
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  • tomsolomon
    tomsolomon Posts: 3,613 Forumite
    And in bloom.......

    http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll307/TrevorLloyd_uk/DSC00119.jpg

    Sorry about the quality, the camera seems to want to focus on the background foliage for some reason.
    To travel at the speed of light, one must first become light.....
  • oldMcDonald
    oldMcDonald Posts: 1,945 Forumite
    SKIPPY54 wrote: »
    Hello,I do belive we have a new plant here,a climbing poisonous spud with flowers like a morning glory and leaves like a tomato.:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
    New name gardeners nightmare:eek: , Latin name someone.

    I think it may confuse some new gardeners it did me at first and I am anything but new.:D
    I remember reading once about someone who attempted to graft a tomato top onto a potato bottom - a pomato maybe:D - I was really excited by this idea of two crops for the space of one but couldn't remember where I had read it so I have no idea of if it worked. I imagine if it did work then it couldn't be a huge anount of crops gained as the poor plant would be worn out!
  • Morty_007
    Morty_007 Posts: 1,496 Forumite
    tomsolomon wrote: »
    And in bloom.......

    http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll307/TrevorLloyd_uk/DSC00119.jpg

    Sorry about the quality, the camera seems to want to focus on the background foliage for some reason.

    Yep, deffo love in a mist. Aren't they stunning?
    Good Enough Club member number 27(2) AND I got me a stalkee!
    Closet debt free wannabe -[STRIKE] Last personal loan payment - July 2010[/STRIKE]:T, credit card balance about £3000 (and dropping FAST), [STRIKE]Last car payment September 2010 (August 2010 aparently!!)[/STRIKE]
    And a mortgage in a pear tree :D
  • SKIPPY54
    SKIPPY54 Posts: 129 Forumite
    oldMcDonald wrote: »
    I remember reading once about someone who attempted to graft a tomato top onto a potato bottom - a pomato maybe:D - I was really excited by this idea of two crops for the space of one but couldn't remember where I had read it so I have no idea of if it worked. I imagine if it did work then it couldn't be a huge anount of crops gained as the poor plant would be worn out!


    I seem to remember in the late 50s early 60s this was practised by some gardeners for some reason.It may be a good idea now for small gardens,what with food shortages forcast it must be better than GM.
    If you think this has helped make my day and hit the thanks button:beer:
  • KAAT_LADY
    KAAT_LADY Posts: 4,714 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    tomsolomon wrote: »
    And in bloom.......

    http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll307/TrevorLloyd_uk/DSC00119.jpg

    Sorry about the quality, the camera seems to want to focus on the background foliage for some reason.


    They are not carrots at all ,:rotfl: , they look gorgeous,:j , keep me some seeds, please ,,:T
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  • KAAT_LADY
    KAAT_LADY Posts: 4,714 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    tomsolomon I pm'd you
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    ,    murphys no more pies club member ,No 242..
    .,night owl 25



  • A_Clock
    A_Clock Posts: 317 Forumite
    Got this a few weeks back from a shop, but lost the label :rolleyes:

    http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/5448/dscf3428zl2.jpg
  • JEFFWT
    JEFFWT Posts: 27 Forumite
    Celosia?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Silber-Brandschopf_-_Celosia_argentea_var_plumosa.JPG

    Jeff
    Despite the high cost of living it remains popular
  • nodwah
    nodwah Posts: 1,742 Forumite
    definately, did you buy it in Lidl by any chance, that's where I got mine?
    Just call me Nodwah the thread killer
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