Re: MGS tour/fun to touch plants

How about Lamb's ear.  Also the Forest Dombea has w wonderful feeling leaf but it
is a very large shrub.
Bob A

"LEE,ANGELA IUE-CHIH" wrote:

> hello,
>
> My first question is for those who attended the MGS garden tour last
> weekend
> in pasadena/san marino, california.  There was a wonderful plant at Judge
> Hall's
> garden that I would like to identify.  It had bamboo shaped leaves, was
> golden yellow with dark green stripes.  The most fun and surprising thing
> was that
> the underside of the leaves were incredibly silky to the touch.  It was in
> a large pot, near a wood chair, at the southwest (?) corner of the tennis
> court.  Does anyone remember this plant and know what it is?
>
> I recently purchased a sinnigia leucotriha-it has soft velvety leaves,
> and feels more like curtain material than plant. It usually elicits a
> big smile and an
> Oh-my-I-can't-believe-this reaction from visitors.  So I am thinking
> of starting a little
> collection of fun to stroke plants.  The above mystery silky bamboo like
> plant would be another interesting one to have.  What are people's favorite fun
> to touch plants?
>
> Angela
> Los Angeles

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                 Robert Anspach---Robans@earthlink.net
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