Re: Unknown Plectranthus
- Subject: Re: Unknown Plectranthus
- From: Richard Dufresne s*@direcway.com
- Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:22:04 -0500 (EST)
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At 05:05 PM 1/22/2004 +0000, you wrote:
>At the moment an unkown Plectranthus is flower in our garden. It has fairly
big green leaves (upto 12cm long) and the long flower spikes are dark blue
similair to Salvia 'Purple Majesty'. Any suggestions?
>Wim
Three Plectranthus with purple flowers come to mind, but all are more of the
lavender range in color:
P. saccatus has large (1 inch) flowers with a prominent upper lip, but the
leaves are too small
P. hilliardii has a showy spike of tubular flowers. Leaves are larger than
saccatus but still too small.
P. ecklonii has appropriate sized foliage with showy spikes of tubular
flowers, but I would not describe them as having the same shade as Purple
Majesty. I've only seen the lavender colored form; I know of a white and
pink form, but no deep purple one.
If your plant has such deep colored flowers, I'd like to know where to get
one for myself.
Richard F. Dufresne
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Star, North Carolina 27356 USA
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Roy's cell 336-708-1178
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