Monday, March 19, 2012

Plant Help!

Re Eileen's request  for help to recognise and name  the small shrub  she pictured in the Kinara Times, we too have the same shrub in our garden which we found neglected and stuck in a corner when we moved into our bungalow.   Not knowing what it was we replanted it in a pot where it doubled in size and has been until last Autum when we decided to prune it and put it back in the garden.   When we read Eileen's plea, and after we had enjoyed a pleasant lunch at the Brookside Garden Centre, we did some research and found that they had two such shrubs in stock - it is called Leucolhoe-walteri - Zeblid.  We enclose a picture of ours which doesn't look quite so colourful  yet but with a name like that we now promise it more respect and `tlc` in the future.
Joan & Harry Barrett

1 comment:

Chris Williams said...

Common name "Doghobble, Drooping Leucothoe, Fetterbush, Scarletta Leucothoe".

For more information, care etc. go to http://www.learn2grow.com/plants/leucothoe-fontanesiana-zeblid-scarletta-pp5195/