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Gail
garden sage
Australia
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 Posted - 04/01/2009 : 05:14:21
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Everytime we go to Maroochy Botanic Gardens I have admired this plant but this is the first time I have seen it flower. All the plants at the gardens are endemic to that area. Does anyone know what it is as I would love to get one? It is a low growing or mounding ground cover type, the leaves are between 5cm and 8cm long, and the flower a couple of cm across.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 04/01/2009 : 07:25:52
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It looks like a plant I call bridal veil ??
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 04/01/2009 : 12:07:06
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I grew that common name Tahitian Bridal Veil in a hanging basket in Melbourne it had small white flowers but was more like a creeper, would that be the one Cheryl if so I have never seen it up here, not saying its not here though.
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
7707 Posts |
Posted - 04/01/2009 : 12:12:23
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The only Bridal Veil I know is classed as a weed in Qld. It has a similar shaped leaf but only about 1cm long and has a tiny white flower. The leaves on this are up to 8cm long and the flower a couple of cms across.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 04/01/2009 : 12:15:44
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yes you are both right, and I have it in a hanging basket here 
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 04/01/2009 : 12:33:46
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Mary-Anne, I didn't see your post. I've seen bridal veil here plenty of times though not as much in recent years. I knew the bloke who actually introduced it into Oz  I didn't meet him until in the 1990s and he was wishing that he never introduced it. He owned a nursery north of Brisbane and used to travel overseas looking for new plants. I'm glad they are stricter with their imports now.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
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GardenDan
gardener
Australia
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Posted - 04/01/2009 : 16:47:58
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WE used to have Bridal veil in a hanging basket at Kenmore...90's I reckon
Daniel
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 04/01/2009 : 17:03:40
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hehehehe, I must be still living in the 90's or is that the 70's 
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 05/01/2009 : 04:40:05
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Just wish my body thought it was still in the 70's
I don't know when it actually was introduced but I know it was a weed by the 90's. My mother had a large one and I had a small pot started from hers but I can't remember what happened to it... that was before the 90's 
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
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