Whiskery Fluff

 


Hi,

I live in the United States. My friend was in England recently and
brought home
seeds from a flower she called Whiskery Fluff, but they
did not sprout. Does
anyone know the botanical name of this plant
because maybe I can find some seeds
in the U.S? Thanks so much.




--
jessaka

 

On 10/19/2009 5:12 AM, jessaka wrote:

Did your friend declare those seeds when re-entering the U.S.?  We
already have too many foreign plants that have become invasive pests.
On top of that, seeds can carry plant diseases that can devastate both
agriculture and home gardens.

--
David E. Ross
Climate:  California Mediterranean
Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean
influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19)
Gardening diary at <http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary>

 


'David E. Ross[_2_ Wrote:

I have no idea but they didn't sprout, and she is a pen pal who doesn't
live
near me to be able to ask her, and it was a few years ago, but she
was just
talking about it, and we were wondering what they were.




--
jessaka

 

wrote:

Unfortunately, common names like "whiskery fluff" are no way to
identify plants - it could just be a made-up name by the person
growing the plant because they don't know the scientific name or it
could just as well be a regional nickname. Whatever, nothing turns up
when searching under that name :-) A photo would certainly help but
barring that, just going by the visual that name suggests, it could be
some sort of clematis seedhead.

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=clematis%20seed%20heads&um=1&=
ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

 

On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:37:44 -0700 (PDT), gardengal


More likely cleome, which is called "cat whisker."

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=S7o&q=cat%20whisker%20flower&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi