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Hans J

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puzzle ( for a shrub )
« on: April 15, 2011, 03:27:29 PM »
Hi all ,

today I will start a new puzzle - in this time for a rare shrub .
I have collect a little seedling before some years on a travel ...I know the name  ;D
This plant grows free in one of my borders ....and it is around 1,50 m high

Now I wait for any ideas 8)

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Re: puzzle ( for a shrub )
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2011, 03:55:49 PM »
There's probably a trick, but maybe Lotus corniculatus? ;)
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Re: puzzle ( for a shrub )
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2011, 04:01:44 PM »
 :o I wrote : 1,50 m ....

Lotus corniculatus is 5 - 30 cm  ;D
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Re: puzzle ( for a shrub )
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2011, 06:12:32 PM »
Thermopsis ?
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Re: puzzle ( for a shrub )
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2011, 06:16:51 PM »
Sorry ....no Thermopsis  :-\

I wrote :
"I have collect a little seedling before some years on a travel " ....this travel was in Europe  :P

it is the first time that this plant flowers for me !
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Re: puzzle ( for a shrub )
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2011, 06:28:34 PM »
Maybe an Adenocarpus complicatus?
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Re: puzzle ( for a shrub )
« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2011, 06:48:05 PM »
No ...this plant comes from the Canarian Islands  :-\
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Re: puzzle ( for a shrub )
« Reply #7 on: April 15, 2011, 08:35:27 PM »
Is it Lupinus arboreus perhaps?
Maybe an introduced species.
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Re: puzzle ( for a shrub )
« Reply #8 on: April 15, 2011, 08:48:24 PM »
No - sorry Graham ....my plant grows natural in this area  :D
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Re: puzzle ( for a shrub )
« Reply #9 on: April 15, 2011, 08:53:26 PM »
Cytisus battandieri Hans ?
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Re: puzzle ( for a shrub )
« Reply #10 on: April 15, 2011, 08:56:11 PM »
Nicole ...sorry ....but Cytisus battandieri is from Marroco  :P
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Re: puzzle ( for a shrub )
« Reply #11 on: April 15, 2011, 09:04:35 PM »
May be C. nigricans...  :-\
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Re: puzzle ( for a shrub )
« Reply #12 on: April 15, 2011, 09:09:01 PM »
Hans, I think, I think, I think I may have received seed of this plant - from you?

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Re: puzzle ( for a shrub )
« Reply #13 on: April 15, 2011, 09:25:02 PM »
Nicole ...sorry ( thats the wrong genus )

Paddy ....no seeds ( as I wrote ...this is the first time with flowering ) ....

My hope was that you Paddy as specialist for trees and shrubs could know it !
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Re: puzzle ( for a shrub )
« Reply #14 on: April 15, 2011, 09:37:44 PM »
Anagyris latifolia? Or a Teline?
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