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Plant of the Day
Thursday 9 November 2023
A native of Majorca Paeonia cambessedesii (peony) is a compact herbaceous perennial that grows from a tuber. The plant has pale pink flowers in spring followed by seedcases. The plant needs a sheltered position in full sun with a deep, fertile, humus-rich soil that is moist but well-drained.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Monday 20 August 2018
Discovered in China by Ernest Wilson, in 1908, Euonymus cornutus var. quinquecornutus (spindle) is a deciduous shrub with narrow leaves and with amazing fruit each of which has five slender horn-like extensions and open to reveal bright orange seeds.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Friday 15 June 2018
Be careful of Blumenbachia insignis (electric shock plant, tilt-revolver flower) this annual is covered in hairs, particularly the stems, that deliver a potent 'sting, rather stronger than a stinging nettle (Urtica dioica). The twisted structure behind the flower contains the ovary and, as it dries out it creates a spring-like tension, the seeds are forcibly ejected and are widely dispersed.
Jill Raggett
