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Lobelia laxiflora (var. Angustifolia)
By Meanie
27 Jun, 2011
14 likes
For Stickitoffee!
This is my secret plant that I got from Hill House nursery.
It's an absolute beauty (in my eyes anyway), and a strong contender for my plant of the year.
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It's new this year, and I'll be treating it with kid gloves this winter!
27 Jun, 2011
just excellent Meanie !
27 Jun, 2011
It's certainly a beauty! Your favourite colours and loads of buds. I love that glowing yellow - like a Tongue! How big is the whole plant?
Thanks for putting this on - well worth the wait.
27 Jun, 2011
Thanks SL and Sticki!
It stands about 40cm tall Sticki.
27 Jun, 2011
Wow never seen one like it, would never have guessed it was a lobelia.
27 Jun, 2011
Can it go outside?
27 Jun, 2011
I wanted one the second I came across a photo of it Simbad!
27 Jun, 2011
It can go outside in the summer, but it is tender so indoors over the winter.
I'm hoping to get viable seeds from it so that I can experiment a little with overwintering next year.
27 Jun, 2011
I hope you succ-seed!!
It reminds me a little bit of the 'lipstick' plant but that doesn't have such a wonderful colour.
27 Jun, 2011
By Lipstick Plant you mean Aeschynanthus.......
http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/202245-aeschynanthus-mona-lisa/member/meanie
I have another Aeschynanthus almost in bloom too!
27 Jun, 2011
I thought I was quite good in plant names before I joined GoY but you know all the proper ones, I think that's the one although your photo looks spectacular and the plant my mum has doesn't look that good.
My computer has the dreaded blue/black screen so I'm using the tablet type of computer, haven't got used to the cutting and pasting yet, it's taking me longer!
27 Jun, 2011
I only know the ones that I have/want!
Wait till you see the next one!
27 Jun, 2011
The next one? You have another spectacular plant??
27 Jun, 2011
It's a somewhat more unusual Aeschynanthus Sticki!
27 Jun, 2011
Black lipstick?
27 Jun, 2011
Green!!
27 Jun, 2011
Now that is unusual. Like a goth plant?
27 Jun, 2011
It is a little!
27 Jun, 2011
I shall await the photo ~ impatiently!
27 Jun, 2011
It looks a winner to me Meanie , wow , you certainly know how to pick out the weird and wonderful :o))
29 Jun, 2011
It's amazing where "link clicking" can take you Amy!
29 Jun, 2011
All round the world? And through the final frontier sometimes it seems!
29 Jun, 2011
Many an hour of insomnia has been spent that way!
29 Jun, 2011
Yes it's amazing!
There are some things I don't like about the 21st century but the Internet I love and computers I love (when they work)
29 Jun, 2011
It has certainly changed the way that we live - imagine the endless phone calls it would have taken to find this!
29 Jun, 2011
Yes but think of what I might have got done if I didn't spend all my time on it!
But in other ways it is irreplaceable!
29 Jun, 2011
I have a couple of laptops, so it's easy to take with you......
29 Jun, 2011
The old one was a lap top. I'm wondering if they last as well?
I've got internet on my phone now tho!
29 Jun, 2011
I threw my mobile in the bin and went back to a phone that worked!
30 Jun, 2011
So beautiful Meanie must lookout for that.
Be following this post re your seeds.
30 Jun, 2011
You'll have to seek this one out I feel Scotkat as you're unlikely to find it in most garden centres.
If it produces seed as freely as most Lobelia I should be ok....
30 Jun, 2011
Glad you have a working phone. mine is fine so far, I like it.
30 Jun, 2011
Thanks for pointing me in this direction - you do collect wonderful plants! Pity it's not a hardy one....:-(
9 Jul, 2011
I'm in love with this one Spritz! I just keep getting drawn to the tender plants.
I'm building a raised bed with insulated sides that will have a coldframe added to the top for winter - this will go in that bed, but I've taken three divisions of it just in case......
Another gem from Hill House......
http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/212078-iochroma-grandiflora/member/meanie
9 Jul, 2011
That's a very clever idea, well done meanie - you will be on gardeners world yet!
9 Jul, 2011
I need more space for the "tenders" Sticki!
9 Jul, 2011
Just think it's such a good idea.
9 Jul, 2011
How did I miss this one. Love the idea of the raised, insulated bed, with the frame on top. Let me know if you build one!!
16 Jul, 2011
It's a bit of a gem isn't it!
I've got everything except the polystyrene insulation panels (which are at work now).
16 Jul, 2011
Will you blog how to make it!!
Maybe a thick band of copper tape around it would help deter those slugs...?
17 Jul, 2011
I hope you will do a blog on it, please?
17 Jul, 2011
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I've wanted this since seeing it at Hyde Hall.Have you got it through winter,or isit new this year?
27 Jun, 2011