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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: David Nicholson on March 14, 2011, 09:19:37 PM
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We have had Prunus incisa 'Kojo-no-Mai' in a pot on the patio for 11 years and it is just coming into bloom this year. We bought it to commemorate my mum and wanted something that would be in flower on the anniversary of her death. Only lately having looked at other examplkes of the plant have we noticed that all of them have had green flower stems and the flowers calyxes were also green. Those on our plant are red (see pic below) which leads us to wonder if we really have P. incisa 'Kojo-no-Mai' or an imposter? Can anyone help please?
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Picture of the whole plant, David?
From your shot it looks like 'Koju-no-Mai'. But it is better to see the whole plant.
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Uli, I'll try to get one tomorrow.
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I agree with Uli,one really needs to see the whole plant but from what you have shown the diameter of the branch looks to be too heavy for Ko-jo-no mai.The branch structure is extremely twiggy,particularly at the extremeties.
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We have had Prunus incisa 'Kojo-no-Mai' in a pot on the patio for 11 years and it is just coming into bloom this year. We bought it to commemorate my mum and wanted something that would be in flower on the anniversary of her death. Only lately having looked at other examplkes of the plant have we noticed that all of them have had green flower stems and the flowers calyxes were also green. Those on our plant are red (see pic below) which leads us to wonder if we really have P. incisa 'Kojo-no-Mai' or an imposter? Can anyone help please?
I think it is a beautiful plant and a lovely way to remember your Mum, whatever the name.
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http://www.pershore.ac.uk/plantid/plants/Prunus%20incisa%20'Kojo-no-mai'/pages/Prunus%20incisa%20'Kojo-no-mai'%20at%20Pershore_%2025%20March%202009%20(3)_JPG.htm
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The most distinctive feature, to me atleast, is the zig-zagging of the twigs.
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Mine looks the same and no longer zig zags
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Just in from Homebase - their plants have green stems and calyx
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Might the conditions in which the plant has been kept influence the calyx colour? Indoors/under cover bleaching out the red?
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Might the conditions in which the plant has been kept influence the calyx colour? Indoors/under cover bleaching out the red?
It might Maggi but I've seen lots at garden centres, indoor and out, with green calyxes and stems.
As promised here's a pic, not a good one I'm afraid as it was very bright here today(for a change!), showing the whole plant.
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David, do you really mean that it is not raining. ;D ;D ;D
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David, do you really mean that it is not raining. ;D ;D ;D
I do Michael, wall to wall sunshine today. I've had to moan about something other than the weather today ;D
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The same here,I got loads of work done today.
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David, do you really mean that it is not raining. ;D ;D ;D
Ignore him, Michael, he's either lying or deluded :-X
So wet here the dogs won't go out.
Just seen your post Michael.... not you too?
Ian the Christie kind was on the phone earlier and he's has rain hail sleet, snow... all in the one day... Horrible weather! He's well cheesed off. :P :-X
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Mine seems to have green stems and red calyces. The flowers have only just started, seems to be the bottom of the plant first.
And look what was growing underneath it, just opened today ;D
Prunus incisa Kojo-no-mai
Ditto
Narcissus cyclamineus
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Ignore him, Michael, he's either lying or deluded :-X
.... or just a hopeless romantic ;D
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Maybe it is growing conditions changes the colour
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Ignore him, Michael, he's either lying or deluded :-X
.... or just a hopeless romantic ;D
perhaps just "hopeless"... like the rest of us? ;D
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Maybe it is growing conditions changes the colour
It's possible Mark.
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Might the conditions in which the plant has been kept influence the calyx colour? Indoors/under cover bleaching out the red?
It might Maggi but I've seen lots at garden centres, indoor and out, with green calyxes and stems.
As promised here's a pic, not a good one I'm afraid as it was very bright here today(for a change!), showing the whole plant.
For me it is Prunus 'Koju-no-Mai'. The typical zigzag of the branches, with the red calyx.
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Many thanks Uli, I'm very happy.
I saw a couple of plants in a garden centre yesterday labelled as Kojo-no-Mai with green stems and calyxes and very upright growth, there is obviously some mis-labelling going on in the trade.
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David,
do you think, this is only a problem with "alpines"? When you work in a nursery, this is one of the main problems. And the correction takes time, and time, and ...