Watching the show on Friday evening we saw Joe Wossisname baldy young bloke
with a lisp show a pot with a plant in it beginning with the letter A

The flower is often multi coloured, single stem and shown with just a couple
of leaves. Not unlike the shape of a sunflower but MUCH smaller

IIRC they grew up mountains.

Blowed if SWMBO can remember the name though.

Anyone know ?!?!

"Me here" <sodoffspammer [at] fuku.com> wrote
> Watching the show on Friday evening we saw Joe Wossisname baldy young
> bloke with a lisp show a pot with a plant in it beginning with the
> letter A
>
> The flower is often multi coloured, single stem and shown with just a
> couple of leaves. Not unlike the shape of a sunflower but MUCH smaller
>
> IIRC they grew up mountains.
>
> Blowed if SWMBO can remember the name though.
>
> Anyone know ?!?!


That would be Auricula. Carol Klein was also enthusing about them on her
walkabout.

--
Sue

Sue wrote:
> "Me here" <sodoffspammer [at] fuku.com> wrote
[...]
> > The flower is often multi coloured, single stem and shown with just a
> > couple of leaves. Not unlike the shape of a sunflower but MUCH smaller
> >
> > IIRC they grew up mountains.
[...]
>
>
> That would be Auricula. Carol Klein was also enthusing about them on her
> walkabout.
>
Funny, that. I'm crazy about the primrose family, but the cultivars
always seem to bring out a puritanical streak in me. Plain old P.
scotica, P. farinosa, and P. auricula generally do more for me than the
astounding garden varieties. In my last garden, I was always a little
bit resentful when my ordinary primroses -- P. vulgaris -- threw one of
those washed-out pink ones: I don't think I have the interprising
instincts of a plant-breeder.

--
Mike.

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> "Me here" <sodoffspammer [at] fuku.com> wrote
>> Watching the show on Friday evening we saw Joe Wossisname baldy young
>> bloke with a lisp show a pot with a plant in it beginning with the
>> letter A
>>
>> The flower is often multi coloured, single stem and shown with just a
>> couple of leaves. Not unlike the shape of a sunflower but MUCH smaller
>>
>> IIRC they grew up mountains.
>>
>> Blowed if SWMBO can remember the name though.
>>
>> Anyone know ?!?!
>
>
> That would be Auricula. Carol Klein was also enthusing about them on her
> walkabout.

Thanks Sue....You're a star !