What's looking good in December ...

All are edible, some just taste yukky ... which species / colour one do you have?

 

Its purple LoL, I bought it when I didnt have a clue about plants.. I guess its the common one!! can you tell by this pic?

 

No, Cutie, that looks like the blue one (some call it white) ... the horrid P caerulea which sends underground runners to all the world beyond ... after a couple of years it could be coming up in your lawn, flower borders, patios ... :eek:

There was a discussion here last year about this ... it's not just me who has this problem with this one. I dug mine up ... ha, ha, ha ... I can uproot a dozen or more a week a foot tall which seem to suddenly spring up as I turn my back on them.

I think it's one of the unpleasant tasting ones.

 

I think that is P. caerulea, Dee the common Passion Flower. Do you know why it is called Passion Flower.

 

I think so David, something to do with christ?
Lol i dont have problems with runners, I cut it back hard in spring and it covers the trellis and hides the work area behind...

 

There's the story of it up here somewhere.

Takes a few years to take over, Cutie ... the harder I cut it back, the worse it got ... but maybe, maybe that's just here. :rolleyes:

 

Well done Dee, it`s all about the Passion of Christ.

 

The suckering starts if its planted in a border where your likely to dig up some of the surface roots.
Any damaged roots then shoot and can spring up all over the place.
If its in a place where the roots are left alone they tend not to do it.

 

Considering it was originally a conservatory plant in this country, it has come on in leaps and bounds. Along with the likes of Musa basjoo, Phoenix canariensis and Trachycarpus.

 

ooo just remembered, its in a pot.. forgot about that )

 

With herbs and lamb? :D

 

Just a couple more before the month/year ends ...

Cestrum 'Newellii' ... the more I cut it back, the more it bushes and blooms ...



... and the lovely Iochroma cyaneum ... again, never out of bloom ...



By the way, both these shrubs are in the shade, hence the dark photos.

 

Very nice LoL.
I've finally got the leonotis leonarus to flower, but its a bit late, (Like three months).

 

A reliable one, even through the hard frost.
Mahonia "charity"

 

And something thats not looking so good in December, just to not put any prospective nana growers off.
This is what they look like in winter.

Musa basjoo.


If we dont get any worse frosts, I fully expect these to regrow next spring.