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Zebra grass (middle)


Zebra grass (middle) (Miscanthus sinensis (Miscanthus))

2 Oct 2014



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Love the Opuntia ! :)

21 Oct, 2014

 

Me too!
Thank you for your comment ! ! ! :-)

21 Oct, 2014

 

Does it fruit, and if so do you eat them? I have seen the fruits in the markets in F.

21 Oct, 2014

 

Yes!
I did eat one last month and I gave the rest to my friend and she made jelly (I think: I haven't asked her what she made with them!).

This is my photo of the fruits called "Le figuier de Barbarie" in French (↓):

http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/281198-my-little-friend/member/tommymoo

22 Oct, 2014

 

How would you describe the taste? I tasted some Passion Fruit and banana jam at the Shaftesbury Agricultural show recently, delicious. Presumably from Passiflora edulis, the edible passionflower. I grow Passiflora caerulea which can be eaten, but it had an insipid texture like frog's spawn!

23 Oct, 2014

 

Tommymoo I see you like grasses do you have Melica Ciliata (hairy melic grass) I've just been collecting seed and thought of you, its very easy from seed and fast growing, I got the seed for mine from the RHS a couple of years ago.
http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/280400-melica-ciliata-hairy-melic-grass/member/simbad

24 Oct, 2014

 

Siris,
I love Passion Fruits. I used to eat them fresh when I lived in Palau (a country in the western Pacific Ocean) more than 10 years ago. So you know how frog's spawn tastes like?! - Just winding you up lol lol lol :-) The taste of "Le figuier de Barbarie" is somewhere between melon and cucumber!!! Not really my taste but GoY member Bathgate in NY said: Those fruits are really delicious, especially when juiced.

Simbad,
Yes yes yes! I love grasses and haven't got the one you mentioned. I looked at your photo and it's very very nice with pretty ears. It'd be fantastic if you could spare me some :-) Thanks a lot!!!!!!

24 Oct, 2014

 

I've put you some seed aside :-)

26 Oct, 2014

 

Thank you my Angel Simbad ♪♪♪

26 Oct, 2014



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