Re: What is this flower?

I concur, it's not a Tibouchina, but a potato bush. Had one in Beaufort,
and the stem grew up straight just as Cyndi described and had those
little purple flowers. Really pretty. Looked like it would root fairly
easily.


Theresa <tchessie1@sbcglobal.net> wrote:Try this- Purple/Blue Potato Bush or Paraguey Nightshade (aka 
Lycianthes rantonettii although I also found it referred to as Solanum 
*rantonnetii*)

see weblink: http://www.horticopia.com/hortpix/html/pc3469.htm

Pretty sure this is your plant. Hardy zones 8-10.

Theresa
(Sacramento- where there are LOTS of these around)





Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSR wrote:

>I thought of that, but none of the pictures I can find really shows leaves
>like this plant. And I don't see the bright yellow stamens (?) either. I
>don't think Tibouchina would overwinter in this zone either, but then I
>don't know when they were planted. Still, it's the closest I could come when
>looking through my books. 
>I might take some cuttings just for fun. 
>
>Cyndi 
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
>Of Barbara Tandy
>Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 9:07 AM
>To: gardenchat@hort.net
>Subject: Re: [CHAT] What is this flower?
>
>Tibouchina sp. ("Princess flower")???
>--Barb, Grass Valley
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSR" 
>To: 
>Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 8:28 AM
>Subject: [CHAT] What is this flower?
>
>
> 
>
>>Does anyone recognize this? This shrub is growing at a house we bought and
>>are fixing up to rent. Seems familiar but I can't find any pictures of it 
>>in
>>any of my books. It's about 4 - 5 feet tall, with long branches growing
>>pretty much straight up, and not bushy at all; there are three of them 
>>right
>>against the house in a narrow space about 8 feet long and only a foot 
>>wide.
>>They don't branch out a lot. The leaves are fuzzy and soft. The white
>>blotches on the flowers in the picture are damage, not normal color. I'm
>>wondering if this is something the previous owners stuck in during spring,
>>and it will die over winter, or if it's perennial.
>>
>> 
>>
>http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/gardencatalogs/album?.dir=/2023&.src=ph&.tok=p
> 
>
>>hsNP1DBLagASqtF
>>
>>Cyndi
>>
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Petersburg, IL

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