Eccremocarpus scaber

wow! thats a blooming good plant! lovely and bright too.

Did you grow this from seed Meanie ? Amy's very kindly sent me some seed of it, can't wait till spring :-))

Another amazing picture and fantastic flower.

Love the colour Meanie.......

Thanks guys!
It was grown from seed a couple of years ago and is fully hardy.
If anyone wants any seeds I have thousands - pm me.

Meanie i always thought it was a bit on the tender side that's why i never tried it, very nice though..

Thats a brilliant recommendation Meanie. I dont grow half as many unusual plants as you, but I do get inspired by other people on Goy that have had success with things that I otherwise would not bother trying. I would be interested to know what your top ten plants would be and why.

nice question PL ~ i would be interested in the answer. bit like desert island discs ~ ie ~ if you had to be cast away which ten plants would you have to take with you?

It's as tough as SL!
I'll do a blog Poppylover.....
Seeds anyone?

Spuds and Runner Beans Sticki

So you can survive pimpernel?

ha..It is a great Q from Poppy though...Wonder what plant started Meanie off.

Mine are still flowering as well Meanie , I've had several different colour which was nice yellow, pink, orange I think I liked the pink best , I,ve collected loads of seed from them ,I like popping open the pods , I'm sure they will be growing everywhere next year !
Ditto if anybody wants some .......

It's a much underrated vine I think Amy.

Sorry to hijack your comments Meanie. I just want to say thank you to Amy as she has already sent me some seed for this little beauty and I will definately give it a go next year.

Does it grow indoors or outdoors?

Outdoors Sticki - it's hardy.

I didn't think it was hardy either so thats good to know:-)

What does it like? ie sun, shade, shelter, acid soil etc??

Open your ground up and put some gravel/grit in before planting out Sticki (you have heavy clay don't you?). Mine grows up a fence facing west, but don't worry about sun - it's a prolific climber so it'll find it!

No I don't have clay, it's very free draining, almost sandy and slightly acidic, would that be ok?

Don't see why not..........

I don't mind having a try then, please?

Your welcome Poppy ! I don't think they are at all fussy about the ground they grow in , I had so many plants I put them up anything anywhere they could grow .. we had taken out a huge fir tree we covered the space with old carpet squares and wood chippings to prevent the weeds coming up then I put some plants along the fence and hoped for the best , they've grown very well and are still in flower ..the ground couldn't have been any rougher and neglected ..

Are you going to send some to Sticki Meanie or shall I ??? we don't want both of us doing it .. I believe I did send some to Kathy ...

It depends if she would like the orange or the mixed colours Amy...............

The comment above was posted by me!!

I really dont mind! thank you meanie, iciar and amy!!!

Sticki - Iciar appears to be the other half of me! Several times I have posted a comment and they have been credited to Iciar.
I'll pop the seeds in the post on Monday if you remind me of your address.

thank you meanie! ~ i did notice thats twice that has happened to you in 2 days!! its very odd.
will send you a PM.

TWICE!!! About six or seven times now!

Got your pm.

Check this out................

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7654267.stm

oh amazing!!!
do you reckon they give better service??

Certainly seems more friendly!!!

would there be any monkeying around?

Lots I think!
I must have watched it twenty times now, but it still cracks me up!

Those are some beautiful orange flower! I'm guessing it was in bloom for Halloween?

Cheap labour!

It has been in bloom ever since the sixth of April Delonix!

So cynical Sticki!

shows my age meanie ~ and life experience!!! and would you be free from such cynicism yourself??

Me! Cynical! No way!!!

mmmm?? i wonder if i can believe that???

How cynical of you!!!!

oh, me? cynical??? surely not!