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Looks like rhubarb, but ...???
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Posted by Dainty_Bess France38 (My Page) on Wed, May 11, 05 at 14:23
| Could you help me identify a plant I saw recently in the Gardens in Bournemouth? Looks a bit like a rhubarb plant, but is merely decorative. Quite big. Grows in half-shade, in fairly damp conditions. Sorry, no photo. Thanks in advance! |
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RE: Looks like rhubarb, but ...???
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| Do you think it might be ,'Gunnera', it grows to a great size, and in damp ground, and is very fashionable at the moment. |
RE: Looks like rhubarb, but ...???
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| Probably one of the ornamental Rheums, such as Rheum palmatum. Try the images on a Google search. Brian |
RE: Looks like rhubarb, but ...???
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| Thank you, Brian and Hawthorn Cottage. Have had a look at both with Google - not sure which of the two it is. No doubt one or the other. The only other thing is that in winter it is not visible, dies back. Does that eliminate one of them?! Unless somebody lives near the Upper Gardens in Bournemouth! |
RE: Looks like rhubarb, but ...???
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| Its defo got to be a 'Gunnera'! |
RE: Looks like rhubarb, but ...???
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| Thanks, Louholla - I think you're right. According to what I see and read about it with Google. If it does die back as well ... When I go to Bournemouth in winter it isn't half so noticeable. It's also growing by the Bourne stream, in ideal conditions for the gunnera apparently. Must be that. Tks again! |
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