Re: Plant ID
- Subject: Re: Plant ID
- From: &* J* d* l* M* <f*@xerijardin.com>
- Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:11:33 +0100
Hello Mario,
Not sure about the first one, but the second one looks to me like an almond,
plum or peach seedling. Hard to say without flowers.
Fran
Madrid, Spain
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mario Brincat" <mario.brincat@onvol.net>
To: "Medit-Plants" <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 8:27 AM
Subject: Plant ID
Dear All,
Would appreciate your help with identifying two plants (photos in a Picasa
web album at
*http://picasaweb.google.com/xprunara/PLantID?authkey=ac_KQ_B4Oag*).
The first is a climbing or rambling rose (are these terms
interchangeable?) growing in an abandoned lot. Took a few cuttings in
January, and they seem to be doing quite well (I noticed the first new
leaves about two weeks ago). The site is very exposed, and in a very
polluted area. The rose must be very tough, and probably quite old. It’s
evergreen, quite thorny, produces single, medium-sized flowers (did not
notice any clusters). Can’t say whether they’re scented or not, but if
they are scented their scent is probably towards the weaker end of the
scale (otherwise I would have noticed it while taking the photos).
I'm an absolute ignoramus in this area, but I'm pretty sure this
particular specimen must have escaped from someone's garden - the only
rose that occurs naturally here (in Malta) is the Evergreen Rose (Rosa
sempervirens), and our friend is surely not one of those.
The second is a weed I've 'adopted'. This probably makes me an apostate in
gardening circles but it looked interesting and I couldn't resist waiting
to see how it would turn out. This is now in its second season, having
made its first appearance early in 2007. Went into hibernation at one
point but started to grow again quite soon after - the photos were taken
in February, soon after it re-activated itself. It's continued to grow
rapidly since then and has become quite straggly. It's never flowered, but
someone claims to have seen a specimen with small orange flowers. Haven't
seen this myself so I can't be sure it's not a case of mistaken identity.
Thanks and regards,
Mario.
