It's a BOGOF offer this week!

The first one is a self seed which first appeared several weeks ago. It
is now about 80 cm high and is forming flower buds.
https://ibb.co/5k5WbPD
A Google reverse image search didn't help as it seemed to focus on
Cotinus coggygria!

The second one I bought this morning. It intrigued me as I couldn't
identify it straight off; I thought it might be Lamiaceae, but the
leaves when crushed are almost odourless. This small shrub is about 40
cm wide and 15 cm high, although it might have been trimmed. The flowers
are around 12 mm long, and the leaves are about 7 mm long, and quite
thick. The whole plant, perhaps with the exception of the petals, has
small, thick hairs. As far as I can tell, there are four stamens and the
ovary is superior, but these flowers are very small and difficult to
dissect. I'll be pleased if it proves to be hardy, but those leaves
suggest otherwise..
https://ibb.co/PZfd8DP
https://ibb.co/0Dtk0vF

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Jeff

In article ,
Jeff Layman wrote:

The first one is a self seed which first appeared several weeks ago. It
is now about 80 cm high and is forming flower buds.
https://ibb.co/5k5WbPD
A Google reverse image search didn't help as it seemed to focus on
Cotinus coggygria!

Try orache (Atriplex).


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On 26/06/2020 13:27, Jeff Layman wrote:
It's a BOGOF offer this week!

The first one is a self seed which first appeared several weeks ago. It
is now about 80 cm high and is forming flower buds.
https://ibb.co/5k5WbPD
A Google reverse image search didn't help as it seemed to focus on
Cotinus coggygria!

Atriplex hortensis

The second one I bought this morning. It intrigued me as I couldn't
identify it straight off; I thought it might be Lamiaceae, but the
leaves when crushed are almost odourless. This small shrub is about 40
cm wide and 15 cm high, although it might have been trimmed. The flowers
are around 12 mm long, and the leaves are about 7 mm long, and quite
thick. The whole plant, perhaps with the exception of the petals, has
small, thick hairs. As far as I can tell, there are four stamens and the
ovary is superior, but these flowers are very small and difficult to
dissect. I'll be pleased if it proves to be hardy, but those leaves
suggest otherwise..
https://ibb.co/PZfd8DP
https://ibb.co/0Dtk0vF


My working hypothesis is Prostanthera rotundifolia.

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SRH

On 26/06/20 14:30, Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article ,
Jeff Layman wrote:

The first one is a self seed which first appeared several weeks ago. It
is now about 80 cm high and is forming flower buds.
https://ibb.co/5k5WbPD
A Google reverse image search didn't help as it seemed to focus on
Cotinus coggygria!

Try orache (Atriplex).

Thanks to you (and SRH). For some reason I had Chenopodiaceae in my
mind, but when I looked that up was daunted by the number of options
available. I see that would not now have born fruit, as it has now been
moved to Amaranthaceae.

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Jeff

On 26/06/20 15:00, Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
On 26/06/2020 13:27, Jeff Layman wrote:
It's a BOGOF offer this week!

The first one is a self seed which first appeared several weeks ago. It
is now about 80 cm high and is forming flower buds.
https://ibb.co/5k5WbPD
A Google reverse image search didn't help as it seemed to focus on
Cotinus coggygria!

Atriplex hortensis

The second one I bought this morning. It intrigued me as I couldn't
identify it straight off; I thought it might be Lamiaceae, but the
leaves when crushed are almost odourless. This small shrub is about 40
cm wide and 15 cm high, although it might have been trimmed. The flowers
are around 12 mm long, and the leaves are about 7 mm long, and quite
thick. The whole plant, perhaps with the exception of the petals, has
small, thick hairs. As far as I can tell, there are four stamens and the
ovary is superior, but these flowers are very small and difficult to
dissect. I'll be pleased if it proves to be hardy, but those leaves
suggest otherwise..
https://ibb.co/PZfd8DP
https://ibb.co/0Dtk0vF


My working hypothesis is Prostanthera rotundifolia.

I don't think it's rotundifolia, but you might well be on the right
track with Prostanthera. I grow /P. cuneata/, and have considered
growing other species. /P. rotundifolia/ has rounder, much flatter
leaves. One big problem is that being one of the "mint bushes", it
should have aromatic leaves (but not all do). My plant doesn't have much
of a smell at all. It might be nearer to /P. incana/, which is said to
be only slightly aromatic.

If it is a Prostanthera, I think I can probably say goodbye to it being
hardy. :-(

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Jeff