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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: newstart on March 03, 2011, 01:57:02 PM

Title: Is this the correct Erysium I had delivered?
Post by: newstart on March 03, 2011, 01:57:02 PM: I had an Erysium 'Jacobs Coat' delivered to me along with about 50 others different plants. I thought it was a variegated foliage kind. The chances are I am wrong and its a tri-colour flower maybe? Is the variegated one E. linifolium 'Variegata’ that I am confusing it with.

Thanks all!
Title: Re: Is this the correct Erysium I had delivered?
Post by: Brian Ellis on March 03, 2011, 02:09:12 PM: 'Jacob's Jacket' is here
http://www.oakcottage.org.uk/eris/048a.html
Title: Re: Is this the correct Erysium I had delivered?
Post by: newstart on March 03, 2011, 08:03:01 PM: Thanks thats great. Do some people call it 'Jacobs coat' as this nursery did ?

Thanks.
Title: Re: Is this the correct Erysium I had delivered?
Post by: Lesley Cox on March 03, 2011, 09:01:43 PM: There's a very nice Cheiranthus (often called Erysimum) mutablis 'Variegata' which is well worth growing both for its changing coloured flowers, similar to those of 'Jabob's Jacket' and for its well and evenly variegated foliage. I wouldn't be without it. It would normally be doing a second flowering now, late summer but it was totally eaten to the ground by a bunny so is doing new foliage instead. I'll trim out that lower right bit with little chlorophyll in it, to keep the variegation even.
Title: Re: Is this the correct Erysium I had delivered?
Post by: newstart on March 04, 2011, 08:47:39 PM: Thats a really nice plant Lesley I will save this post. Looks good for cutting material too , excellent.

Thanks.
Title: Re: Is this the correct Erysium I had delivered?
Post by: Lesley Cox on March 05, 2011, 02:17:46 AM: Yes, it's quick and easy - and true of course - from cuttings.
Title: Re: Is this the correct Erysium I had delivered?
Post by: newstart on March 05, 2011, 01:11:57 PM: I will have a look for it. Thanks.