RE: Gardening - 9

Anyone know what these cream fluffy things are.

Signman, here are some possibilities, though not very good.
Some I found have vertical flowers and many are pointed and called "Bottlebrush"
These are the ones I think most likely to be a match.


Buddleja Davidii 'Peace'
Vigorous deciduous, arching shrub.
Long, pointed, dark green leaves,
white-felted beneath, set off long
plumes of fragrant, white flowers from
mid-summer to autumn.
Quite tall at about 15ft.
http://www.findmeplants.co.uk/plant-budd...vidii-3171.aspx


Prunus Laurocerasus 'Otto Luyken'
Evergreen, very dense shrub. has
upright, narrow, glossy, dark green
leaves, spikes of white flowers in late
spring, followed by cherry-
like, red, then black, fruits.
About 4ft tall
http://www.gardensandplants.com/uk/plant.aspx?plant_id=2645

Whilst seraching the web for pictures of the two I found in a book, I came across this...
Canadian Laurel, looks just like your photo, but I can't find anymore information on it.
It could be that it has been misnamed but it's leaves do appear to be Laurel (Bay)
http://www.growsonyou.com/gardening/slid...158375?o=latest

Volty.

Thanks VM I would say Canadian Laurel looks to be the nearest, I'm going to see if one of the gardeners can tell me(if I can find one)

Signman,
Is this it? i didn't think the leaves were right.
I took this on Sunday at a garden party but didn't get chance to ask what it is.
VM

That's the one VM, just took another photo, there are about 20 gardeners looking after the gardens and I couldn't find one,must be all hiding behind the bushes.

The people who's garden it is in say they call it a Hebe.
VM

He be s come in diffent colours,I had a lovely purple and white one down my last allotments but the rabbits ate it.

Well done Volty it's called a Hebe Snowdrift.

My small vrggie plot needs some of this.

Broadies,peas and runner beans all coming on well.

Do you like my windmill ?

£1.99 from The works...............it has done a good job so far

I thought it was a flower.

Phil

If onlyPhil,I could make a fortune.

I know I go on a bit about sunflowers but consider this...
You take a Sunflower seed, which looks like some tiny stripey chip of flint from the stone age, and push it down about 4" into some soil.
Wait 10 weeks and you have a 6ft tall plant with a 1" diameter stalk topped with a dinner plate size flower that will feed a colony of bees for a fortnight.
Then it produces a bunch of new seeds to start the whole thing over again next year and, or, to feed the birds, whichever.

Don't you think it is amazing how much material comes from this single seed? I certainly do. This to me is a perfect example of the miracle of nature.
I can stand in dirt in the sunshine and I don't grow at all, I know, I've tried it.
The Sunflower grows, it gives and then it dies, retuning everything it has taken out back to the soil, with a little sunshine thrown in as interest. If only people were the same.
VM

The birds love those later in the season