RE: plant ID
- Subject: RE: plant ID
- From: d* f*
- Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 19:36:39 -0800 (PST)
It sounds more likely to be the Blue Potato Shrub,
Lycianthes rantonnei. I can't say I have ever noticed
any fragrance, but it sure can bloom for a long
season, almost all year round here.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> [o*@ucdavis.edu] On Behalf Of
> barbara sargent
> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 10:24 AM
> To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> Subject: plant ID
>
> I'd like to know the name of a shrub that's in many
> people's gardens in
> Berkeley and probably the rest of the East Bay. It
> has a small, single
> purple flower, around 1 to 1&1/2 " across, with a
> tiny yellow center and
> four (I think) petals which are slightly wavy. The
> leaves are pointed
> and
> alternate on the stems which have a graceful,
> slightly drooping habit.
> The
> flowers have a faint, lovely, somewhat spicy
> fragrance
>
> Thanks,
> Barbara - in Berkeley
>
>
>
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