Mystery Bush Seen Yesterday at the AKL.

[DebºoºS]

TU! Wow, very interesting plant. I'll look for it in May.

 

[bobbiwoz]

Thank you for the information!
Bobbi

 

[cgiltner]

I believe this is a Phygelius or Cape Fuschia. I have 3 in my yard that I found at a plant sale. What is wonderful for me is they love full sun and are evergreen. I'm in the San Francisco Bay Area and they were in bloon until Christmas. I've done some additional research and there are many beautiful colors.

 

[UrsulasShadow]

I believe this is a Phygelius or Cape Fuschia. I have 3 in my yard that I found at a plant sale. What is wonderful for me is they love full sun and are evergreen. I'm in the San Francisco Bay Area and they were in bloon until Christmas. I've done some additional research and there are many beautiful colors.

Welcome to the DISboards, cgiltner! I answered the question in a post above.

 

[stm61]

Ta-da! Disney gardeners wrote back! The name of the plant is Bryophyllum daigremontianum, common name, Mother of Thousands, native to Madagascar (I knew I'd have no chance of growing it!). Here's a link...http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&seq_num=181783&one=T

It's in the same family (Crassulaceae) as Kalanchoe and Sedum. No relation to any of our previous guesses!

What email address did you use? I have 5 wire-frame topiaries that my kids brought home and have no idea how to use them. They're the Disney character's that they sold on disneyshopping last summer.

 

[UrsulasShadow]

What email address did you use? I have 5 wire-frame topiaries that my kids brought home and have no idea how to use them. They're the Disney character's that they sold on disneyshopping last summer.

I'd ask disneyshopping that question. I used the "contact us" link on disneyworld.com, and they forwarded it to the horticultural department on property. They might be able to help you, but I think that you'd get better answers from a topiary website on how to do that.

 

[stm61]

Thanks, I'll try the "contact us". I asked disneyshopping, they had no idea. I live close to their outlet at the distribution center and they had no idea either. I'll try some local garden centers or greenhouses when the weather settles down to. I've asked the nursery specialists at Lowe's and they didn't know what I was talking about. Hopefully I'll get forwarded to the experts.

 

[UrsulasShadow]

You can also look at this website. I don't know what sort of topiary frames/cages they are, but if you search around and google topiary, you might find the information you seek.
http://www.greenpiecewireart.com/plantcare/index.htm

 

[stm61]

Thanks, I'll try that also.