Darksidedog
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Back in the early 80's, i popped a number of random seeds that dated back at least from the late 60's.
One of the plants was extremely unusual.
It was a perfect Xmas tree shape (no pruning) and was an unusual shade of silvery/blue/green with thin leaves of 9 fingers.
The most unusual thing about this plant was the behaviour exhibited during rain. The branches would lift up close to the main stem and then the whole plant would lie down.
The first time this happened i thought that it was storm damaged but when the rain stopped and the sun came out the whole plant stood up again and opened up as if nothing had happened.
The plant never completed flowering but that which I tried gave a very weird shimmer effect to everything. "Rhubarb and custard" like.
Would love to have any clues as to what the plant type was, never seen anything like it since.
Grateful for any help.
One of the plants was extremely unusual.
It was a perfect Xmas tree shape (no pruning) and was an unusual shade of silvery/blue/green with thin leaves of 9 fingers.
The most unusual thing about this plant was the behaviour exhibited during rain. The branches would lift up close to the main stem and then the whole plant would lie down.
The first time this happened i thought that it was storm damaged but when the rain stopped and the sun came out the whole plant stood up again and opened up as if nothing had happened.
The plant never completed flowering but that which I tried gave a very weird shimmer effect to everything. "Rhubarb and custard" like.
Would love to have any clues as to what the plant type was, never seen anything like it since.
Grateful for any help.