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While I was at France I took a cutting,it's rooted but what is it?

Rgardener1Rgardener1 Posts: 344
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 Please help me ID it

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,140

    Hard to see from here but could possibly be  one of the Opuntias but no idea which (there are hundreds of them).


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Rgardener1Rgardener1 Posts: 344

    yeah I thought the same because handling it I got pricked and it was like a hair image very painful 

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,888
    Now when you pick a pawpaw Or a prickly pear And you prick a raw paw Next time beware Don't pick the prickly pear by the paw When you pick a pear Try to use the claw But you don't need to use the claw When you pick a pear of the big pawpaw Have I given you a clue ?
    Devon.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,140

    Aw, I knew you reminded me of someone Hosta ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dhSdnDb3tk

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    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,888

    has anyone ever eaten the fruit? I''ve come across them all over the place , but never eaten one.

    Devon.
  • Rgardener1Rgardener1 Posts: 344

    image Thank you everyone for the ID and it really does hurt i had the cut it off the plant myself as I had no tools on me but it really is fasinateing image and wait it produces fruit? That's amazing 

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,888

    Dove, thanks for that. it's the best song ever written.

     

    Devon.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,888

    thanks philippa. I'll try one next time I see one. 

    I used to make OH sing the bear necessities song every time we passed them on the way to the beach in Corfu.

    Devon.
  • Rgardener1Rgardener1 Posts: 344

    S France is where mine came from too image

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,888

    king of the swingers. what a masterpiece it is. From the best film ever made.

    Devon.
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