A new fun plant.

It gets about 3 feet by 3 feet so it will be a dramatic accent if I can keep the snails from dining on it. I am wondering if it will be an aggressive spreader like the all green version.

I first saw this in the private GH at the Strybing Arboretum a month ago. It was tagged for the silent auction they have at their spring sale. My eye went right to it. I had never seen anything like it. The other day when I saw it at the San Francisco Flower and Garden Show, I leapt at it. The guy could have sold so many more than he had.

Acanthus mollis 'Tasmanian Angel'

Stunning! I love it. I hope you got one. Remind me of Euphorbia "Tasmanian something"

All I can say is...OH MY!!!! :-)

Euphorbia "Tasmanian Tiger" I fell in love with it when I saw it, but I've killed the green version of the species. So I figure that a variegated one would just die faster.

GREAT KELL..
love hte dark green.. and the white... i the yellow an imatures phase...

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooh!!!

Very pretty! I am a sucker for anything variegated.

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kell, you just love to make us lust.

that's a beaut. upload that pic to the Plant File - there's not pic currently. http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/150743/

You win, Kell, for the prettiest variegated foliage and plant I have ever seen...............love it tenderly!!!!

I love it Kell
but now I have to find one.....

I found this plant at Home Depot in Rockwall, Tx. It is in a 3Gal. pot, the size is at least 3' wide and 3' tall. The price was $14.95. The store has quite a few of them.

Take a picture of it for us!! I won't even tell you what I paid for this small one. It was sinful. Amazing HD would have it so soon. I get around and have seen it no where here.

It is really beautiful. I am debating if I should keep it in a pot or put it in the ground. After reading how the all green one is such a pest in the ground I am hesitating. Sometimes you can have too much of a good thing!!!

Kell, if this one becomes a pest in the ground, you'll be rich. Plant it.

It's a beauty Kell; thanks for sharing.

Ok ... need to go to Rockwall Texas for Plant Shopping at Home Depot!

What a Beauty ... sure wish our HD had them here!


Lin

Florida HDs seem to be great too. I wish ours were!

WOW! Thanks for sharing that photo, what a beautiful plant. Good luck with that one. I think you should buy a little hen to patrol the garden for snails. :-)

kell
if you are REALLY concerned about putting it in the ground...
Send it to me
I have ACRES it can grow in so I would bite the bullet and take care of it for you
I can send you pictures every few months
ROTFLMAO

Shoot Alice, I should have gotten you one too. I never thought of it.

Hey CC, you are taking a page out of my book. I guess you are due for a pic of your lapageria. I just fertilized it for you so you owe me $5 for that.

Now Kell, No sinful things here (except chocolate). LOL

Large all green Acanthus are widly available in the southeast but I have not seen the vairgated one anywhere but in the PD catalog. Did you know this one had PINK flower when you bought it??????

http://www.plantdelights.com/Catalog/Current/Detail/07399.html

alice

sitabrothers, you have to post pic to have credibility (LOL)...seriously, Kell finds things no one else can find....please show us what you have from Home Depot for 15.00 of this plant...
gail

Better yet Gail, he needs to send us all one of them! LOL.

No Alice, I didn't. I love that pic they have of it. I think I will put it in my variegated mixed pot to start, then see what. I hope it puts out a baby so you will get one too, Alice. I owe you big but I guess not enough to part with mine. LOL I am so bad. A true plant hog.

That's the best kind of hog!!!! :-)))

I saw this at the memphis botanical garden plant sale I made a mad dash for it, but stopped dead in my tracks when I saw the price tag of 25.00.

It was way too small for me to pay that much for it. LOL

but it is beautiful

Mine is a doing well. I have a new white leaf! And no snails have touched it. I think I have found a great snail killer. Usually at this time I have a snail nursery in my courtyard with oso many babies eating their way through my plants. They esp love to eat my abutilons. This year none. I emptied a box of iron phosphate about 4 weeks ago. At first I thought it was useless because I saw no snail funerals going on. But I haven't seen a snail since!!

I want that plant, kell.

LOL Voss!! It gets HUGE too!!

Here is another weird leafed plant I got the other day. A hydrangea.

I figured it gets big. I have the solid green one and I could swear it gets the size of a VW. I love that hydrangea, though I don't know how to care for them. Have not done well w/ them yet.

Voss, Do you have your hydrangeas in light shade? Since you grow such beautiful roses I suspect you have a lot of sun and they are sure fussy about full sun. Unlike most plants hydrangeas seem to love my soggy, salty and shady soil.

Kell, your new "weird leafed plant" is stunning.

Oh Alice, so do you want one?? I can go find one for you. I happened to get you 2 plants today. 1 is very PINK. LOL

It is called Lemon Wave.

Beautiful ! The one vendor showing in Plant Files that sells it has it for $45.00 . It sure is stunning .

Oh, $45 is so much, Allison. I am looking for some cheaper locally to send to friends. Did you see where Big Dipper Farms says it will have 5-foot pink and cream flower spikes. I didn't realize that!!! Another great trait for sure.

http://www.bigdipperfarm.com/cgi-bin/searchstuff.pl?Botanical=Acanthus

TWO! Goodness, gracious, you are not supposed to spoil me or I will get accustomed to it . LOL (Phil says I am already overly spoiled.)

Honestly, now I will have to find something else really special to send to CA. Oh, what fun!

Hey Kell, Look at the auction plant for next week's sale at the Arboretum!

I'm thrilled to say I finally bought one in memphis at dabneys for l5.00 that was by far the cheapest i've ever seen them.

I'm thrilled to death !!!!!!!!!

Lali, that is where I saw it for the first time with the label for the silent auction. So when I saw it at the show, I knew it was hard to find.

Here is the same plant you just posted but on 3/9/07.

How big was it, Kathy? I just love mine. It is a birght point in my courtyard for sure.

Just a little smaller than the one in your picture, but jeese, yours is more variegated , I just love that little guy , it's so cute.