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Same Problem

Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 9:36 am
by BonsaiPyro
I have the same problm just different plant maybe someone can help figure it out here's a pic of it :arrow: [url=https://s549.photobucket.com/albums/ii365/dragondude_2009/?action=view&current=002.jpg][img]https://i549.photobucket.com/albums/ii365/dragondude_2009/th_002.jpg[/img][/url] also I have this one [url=https://s549.photobucket.com/albums/ii365/dragondude_2009/?action=view&current=007.jpg][img]https://i549.photobucket.com/albums/ii365/dragondude_2009/th_007.jpg[/img][/url]

Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:15 pm
by Kisal
The first picture looks like Cordyline terminalis, commonly known as Ti plant.

I'm sorry, but I don't recognize the second plant. I'll do some looking around,, but perhaps someone else will recognize it. :)

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 12:03 am
by wingdesigner
I'd hoped to one-up Kisal on that 2d one, but other than: "Oooh, that's Pretty!", I have no clue. Are the stems woody or soft? Love the variegation.

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:02 am
by GardenerX
The stems are woody oh I'm BonsaiPyro's Brother :lol: yea I've never seen anything like it but it has little bottle brush like red and pink flowers on the top and all around it I saw it and figured me and my bro Pyro would both like to have it so I got it.

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:21 am
by Kisal
Thanks, Gardenerx, and welcome to the forum! :)

With your added information about the flowers, I would guess the little shrub is Fothergilla gardenii. :)

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:30 am
by GardenerX
thank's and thank you for the info I'll be sure to look it up :wink:

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 12:04 pm
by GardenerX
ok guys I manneged to fix up a pic of a flower on the unknown plant here it is :arrow:

[url=https://s549.photobucket.com/albums/ii365/dragondude_2009/?action=view&current=001-2-1-1.jpg][img]https://i549.photobucket.com/albums/ii365/dragondude_2009/th_001-2-1-1.jpg[/img][/url]

oh and you where right Kisal the purple plant is a Ti Plant and its doing very well but I do have a question about it, do they ever flower?????
Some of the leaves at the top are unfolding I guess that's all they do?????

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:39 am
by wingdesigner
Ti plants are grown for their foliage, but they do flower--it's just not considered the primary reason to grow it, I guess. No, I've never seen a flower, so I can't describe it for you.

(oops, meant to say the second photo...)Reminds me of a sweet... sweet... junk, I can't remember what it's called, but it's a woody shrub with bottle-brush-y white flowers on it, flowers in June here and does have a sweet vanilla-like fragrance. Sweetspire! Man, I miss my mind sometimes... :roll:

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 3:35 am
by GardenerX
lol Thank's for the info

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:47 pm
by Kisal
Not Fothergilla, then, for the little shrub, because their flowers are white.

A possibility would be Alternanthera, common name Joseph's Coat. There are several varieties of Alternanthera, and I'm not sure which yours is. It might be the one called 'Party Time'.

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 1:04 pm
by GardenerX
thx again Kisal I'll look it up