cajunbelle
zone 8b Louisiana
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 5:29 pm Post subject: Love This Plant (pic) |
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This is Achimenes or Cupid's Bower. It is right now covered in these purple flowers. The leaves are fuzzy and a deep maroon underneath. It will bloom till fall when it goes dormant. It grows from tiny scaly tubers, which multiply rapidly:
I love this plant.
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toni
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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Oh, that is a pretty plant, I can see why you love it.
I have heard of Cupid's Bower, does it grow well in the ground or should be potted?
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daff
Kent. UK
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 8:10 pm Post subject: great flower |
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It`s a pity you live so far away or i`d be asking for seeds or cuttings, It`s a lovely plant. xxx
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cajunbelle
zone 8b Louisiana
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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daff, yes it is a pity. But the tubers are relatively cheap, maybe you can find a mail order company in the UK that handles them. They come in shades of purple, pink, white, red and peach.
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Netty
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Southern Ontario zone 5a
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| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:34 am Post subject: |
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What a neat flower Cajunbelle. I've never heard of it before.
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cajunbelle
zone 8b Louisiana
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| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:46 am Post subject: |
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The only reason I knew what it was when I saw it at the garage sale was because of my endless hours perusing catalogs and the internet looking at flowers. Park Seed has the tubers, 4 different colors, 10 of each for $4.95 each color, I think. Or you can get the collection, 10 of each color, 40 tubers in all. for $14.95. Don't I sound just like a salesman. lol I plan on ordering them next spring, it is already too hot to plant them now. They do hold up all summer into the fall in our intense Louisiana heat.
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glendann
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| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 5:43 am Post subject: |
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Oh gosh I do love that plant and the color is drop dead gorgeous.
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