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von219 Matewan, WV(Zone 6b) Jun 20, 2008

I know this may be hard to do without a photo but maybe someone can help me. Last Mother's Day, my daughter purchased a hanging basket for me. It had very full/thick long vines with green leaves on it ....they were kinda fuzzy. It had NO flowers on it. When she gave it to me....the vines were about 1 to1-1/2 feet long, but by the end of the summer the vines were about 3 feet long.

Then, in the fall the ends of the vines began turning and growing upwards and got a bunch of little (fushia) flowers on them which later turned to seed (which I saved). It was an awesome sight to see.....

I didn't think to take a photo of it. I looked and looked online trying to find out what type of plant it was but couldn't find it.....at that time I didn't know about this website.

TIA....Von

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nifty413 Garland, TX(Zone 8a) Jul 03, 2008

Did your plant look anything like this one?
(Plectranthus ciliatus 'Zulu Wonder')...

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/59586/

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von219 Matewan, WV(Zone 6b) Jul 04, 2008


You got my hope up Nifty413....LOL....mine didn't have the shiny leaves or purple underside and it draped in long strands.....some of them being 3 ft long by fall. THANKS for trying though.

Von

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) Jul 04, 2008

Do the flowers at least look right? There are a ton of different species of Plectranthus so if the flowers look similar maybe it's a different species.

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von219 Matewan, WV(Zone 6b) Jul 05, 2008


I didn't think of that.....I think you've put me on the right trail....I've looked on a site that shows about 26 different species, but only 2 of them had photos.......the 2nd one I clicked on looks almost identical to mine.....I'm including a couple of photos.

These first 2 pics (I'm posting here) are "Plectranthus argentatus" it has light green leaves...and almost a fuzzy feel to them. And if you'll notice the stems on the 2nd pic looks identical to mine.

I'm going to keep looking to see if I can find a wider shot of it.....maybe even in a hanging basket.....if I do, I'll post it here.

Thank you so much.....

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von219 Matewan, WV(Zone 6b) Jul 05, 2008

Another shot of it......

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