Re: What is this flower?

Link to City of Davis site:

	 	http://hort.net/+130I


On Oct 26, 2005, at 10:58 PM, Theresa wrote:

> Really?  I've never heard of anyone having a problem here and it is  
> EVERYWHERE.  Are we sure it's not like regular potato and not really a  
> poisonous variety of nightshade?
>
> Theresa
>
> james singer wrote:
>
>> You might want to let your renters know it's deadly poison.
>>
>> On Oct 26, 2005, at 11:01 AM, Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSR wrote:
>>
>>> I think that's it! Thanks. I have not seen it growing around here at  
>>>  all, so
>>> I will try and remember to take some cuttings. The flowers are pretty
>>> attractive and it's been blooming most of the summer.
>>>
>>> Cyndi
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]  
>>> On  Behalf
>>> Of Theresa
>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 7:32 PM
>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] What is this flower?
>>>
>>> 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"  
>>>> <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
>>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>>> 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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>> Island Jim
>> Southwest Florida
>> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
>> Hardiness Zone 10
>> Heat Zone 10
>> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
>> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
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