Do you know the name of these plants?
I took a number of cuttings while I was in Paxos, Greece. They are now in pots in the conservatory and I hope they take root. Two of the plants are unknown to me and I wonder if any of you recognise them.
UPDATE!! – The plants have been identified. See comments.
Unknown plant 1: The first one was a magnet for insects despite the tiny flowers. It’s the one making a rather untidy bush directly behind the narrow trunk in the foreground of this picture.
Homalocladium platycladum
It has very narrow, pale green, strap like leaves with small white flowers along the edge of each leaf. Any guesses as to what it is?
Homalocladium platycladum
Unknown plant 2: This was in a pot and the flowers remind me of a species Penstemon of some sort. The foliage is very narrow.
Russelia equisetiformis
The flowers are tubular and red. Is it a Penstemon or something else?
Russelia equisetiformis
Please, please save me from trawling the internet for hours. If the cuttings take I would like to give them a name other than ‘Unknown plant’.
8 comments
Hi, I don’t know what the first plant is, but I think the second plant may be a Coral or Fountain plant, Russelia equisetiformis. I hope the cuttings flourish for you too.
Hi, Unfortunately I don’t know the first one. The second one is a Russelia. It grows in my garden. It is very beautiful if it is possible to let it weep over a rockwall. It flowers nearly all year round, but at the moment it is at its peak and is a wonderful show. I try to find the name of the first one.
The first shrub could be a Homalocladium; Ribbonbush or Centipede plant.
The second one is definitely russelia, as noted by others. I think Tatiania is correct about the first.
Thank you all – Homalocladium platycladum and Russelia equisetiformis it is. Now let’s hope the cuttings take.
Titania – Your Ribbonbush or Centipede plant names sound much better than Tapeworm plant which was another common name I discovered when I looked up Homalocladium.
I’ll amend my picture captions to show the correct names.
hey you found the names!
I know this feeling as you can remember (and I must send you some seeds this month also :P)
On the subject of identification . . . I don’t know whether you get updates to comments on PICTURES JUST PICTURES but I found out what the low growing plant by brackish water is . . .
Sea-Purslane (Halimione Partulacoides).
I’d be interested to know about how easy it is to go plant collecting in Europe . . . are there restrictions within countries . . . what does one need to know when transporting seeds and cuttings across borders . . . that kind of thing.
Lucy
Citygarden – looking forward to the seeds :-)
Lucy – Thanks for the info on the Sea-Purslane, I don’t get updates to comments.
About import restrictions – the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) produces a leaflet setting out what travellers can bring back in their personal baggage. It’s called “If in doubt, Leave it out”. I usually follow that.
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