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Glenlady
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can anyone please identify this plant
Send at Sissinghurst this month
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Glenlady
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Can you give a clue re size?
In the sticks near Peterborough
Kitabelia vitifolia?
That's what it looks like to me
In the sticks near Peterborough
Wonderful. I've been given 2 plants of this but neither I nor the giver had a clue as to the name. Mine are only about 18" high though whereas the parents are the more usual 6'. They're still gorgeous even though short. Maybe they'll catch up once settled in a while.
Mine go over 6ft in my poor soil obelixx
In the sticks near Peterborough
As Buttercupdays says, it's kitabel(i)a vitifolia.
I've always known it as Russian hibiscus.
Anyone who has visited northern Greece, must've come across masses of this wild beauty. It's quite hardy and thus able to withstand the harsh winters there. Northern Greece has a continental climate, as opposed to the southern part of the country and the islands, so it should do well here too.
I had my two in a nursery bed in the potager over last winter and then planted them out in late spring after finally getting the bed above the pond blitzed for weeds. Our soil is alkaline fertile loam over a clay subsoil and has been manured by cows for at least a couple of centuries so may be too rich. We'll see.
Perhaps you can add some grit and sand to your soil, obelixx; who knows, they might like it better? Let's hope!
What a wonderful result, thanks everyone for your comments and valuable information bless you all. I'm new to the site and very impressed. Will be back. Thanks once again Glenlady