Hi Phaidra, I wonder if you have any recipes for quince. I don't have a quince tree but I can buy the fruit in autumn. I've had quince jelly and I liked it. I believe you can't eat the fruit raw. So, is there anything else you can do with quince? ... I might buy my own tree in order to make that aromatic tea!
Hi Helen, yes I do: one that my Greek grandmother called "glyko", and another that my English grandmother called "cheese". There's also one for pork with Kydonia (quince). I'll find them all and PM them, if that's all right.
I showed your picture to lots of nursery men and women at Tatton and most of them were flummoxed. I went to the RHS advice desk in the Floral Marquee and the gentleman there asked if the leaves, when crushed, had an aromatic, eucalyptus smell. I obviously didn't know but he said he THOUGHT it may be a member of the Luma genus. He actually wrote Luma apiculata on the card he gave to me. Unfortunately there was no way he could access any sort of reference, either book or internet to confirm. I've since Googled it on my return and I have to say that I'm not convinced that is the plant. I still think that your best bet would be to send the picture off to the RHS and let them research, given time, for you and come back with the correct identification.
Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
I showed your picture to lots of nursery men and women at Tatton and most of them were flummoxed. I went to the RHS advice desk in the Floral Marquee and the gentleman there asked if the leaves, when crushed, had an aromatic, eucalyptus smell. I obviously didn't know but he said he THOUGHT it may be a member of the Luma genus. He actually wrote Luma apiculata on the card he gave to me. Unfortunately there was no way he could access any sort of reference, either book or internet to confirm. I've since Googled it on my return and I have to say that I'm not convinced that is the plant. I still think that your best bet would be to send the picture off to the RHS and let them research, given time, for you and come back with the correct identification.
Thankyou so much it means a lot that you've gone and done that! There's no smell to the leaf at all. I think I will write to them in the end and maybe take some more photos.
Definitely not the Luma the gentleman said. I have to say that that your picture provoked a lot of interest, some growers asked me to let them know if I found out and I told a few but of course it was incorrect Maybe you have a rarity in your garden - how exciting. Please let us know how you go on.
Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
Definitely not the Luma the gentleman said. I have to say that that your picture provoked a lot of interest, some growers asked me to let them know if I found out and I told a few but of course it was incorrect Maybe you have a rarity in your garden - how exciting. Please let us know how you go on.
I will definitely keep you guys updated if I ever do find out! Until then.... no jelly/jam sorry
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.