Michauxia Tchihatcheffii (catherine wheel flower)

Wow can't wait to see the flower, the name is a bit of a mouthful though lol

I saw your plant in October I remember I had to look it up ,the flowers are so pretty , it is doing well , can't wait to see yours in flower .........

Inspiring ! I'm just about to inspect my seed collection and look for new things too ; I'll take note of this one .

Me too Carole don't know how the heck you pronounce it :-)
Fancy you remembering Amy mind you suppose its a name not easily forgotton,lol, I have 3 good size plants, this ones the biggest, they're supposed to be hardy but if it gets really cold I'll bring them indoors, don't want to risk loosing them.
Thanks Driad I love trying things a bit different too :-) I bought the seed for this from Chilterns they have such a great collection of unusual seeds, I got some seed for another unusual one too, Phytolacca(american pokeweed), have a few seedlings from that too, thats a bit of a huge perennial so I'll have to watch it.

I have seen the American pokeweeed Kathy it was growing next to a pond in an open garden we visited last summer I actually went to look for the owners to find out it's name thinking Dawn would like it next to her pond , it's really nice you will love it , I haven't anywhere damp enough for it ........

Hi Everyone. Yes Amy, the Pokeweed looked lovely when I looked it up, must get some seed, glad you reminded me. This one sounds nice too Kathy.

I had to look this up too - stunning flowers to come from these fairly un-promising leaves! Is this tender?

Ooo glad you've seen the Phytolacca in the flesh Amy, I've only seen pictures on another chat site I go on, looks amazing, can't wait.
The seed was from Chilterns Dawn haven't seen it anywhere else eccept ebay :-)
Supposed to be hardy Meanie from what I've read, says its a perennial best treated as a biennial, not taking any risks with these babies though they were tucked up in the sunroom last night after frost was forecast :-)

Kathy it's odd there just happened to be an article in our local newspaper in the gardening strip this weekend about the Pokeweed , apparently it is popping up in more places and gardens they think it's being spread through bird droppings , it's highly toxic so take care !

My pokeweed seed arrived from ebay yesterday, with its having nasty tendencies, i'll keep an eye on it Amy.

This is going to be a stunner Sim...:>)

Thanks Motinot, they're huge now, was going to plant them out the other day, they are supposed to be hardy, but think I'll pamper them for a bit longer :-))

This looks very interesting......

Really excited about this DD planted in the garden a couple of weeks ago and its really taken off, supposed to be a perennial but think its best grown as biennial from what I've read and won't set seed in this country so we'll see how it goes, can't wait till summer :-)

Great.....I will be waiting!!