"Malcolm Race" wrote in message
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On 20/07/2015 23:07, Bertie Doe wrote:


"Pam Moore" wrote in message
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A friend told me she had planted a "Dusty Miller" but she didn't have
a label! Her description was greyish leaves and tall with pink
flowers.
I assume the epithet indicates a farinaceous plant. Any ideas?
I guess that name has been applied to many "floury" plants.

Also known as silver ragwort :-

http://www.thetortoisetable.org.uk/s....asp?catID=567


NOT what I was thinking of. What I was thinking of was very much like a
primula

Malcolm

Primula auricular are indeed often known as Dusty Miller

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Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
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