Gumnuts - Favourites: Ricinocarpos pinifolius

Favourites: Ricinocarpos pinifolius

30 September 2008 9:18 PM

This "Favourite Plant" is again contributed by Jeff Howes. Thanks, Jeff!

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This plant is commonly known as 'wedding bush' and should be on everyone's 'must have' list for their garden. I planted this plant about 10 years ago in my garden, in the northern Sydney suburb of Westleigh and it is now approximately two metres high and produces flowers from September to well into December. It is growing in a slightly raised bed over a clay sub soil and receives little additional watering from me.

Each flower has five white petals, 10 to 15mm long. The male flowers have a centre of yellow anthers while the female flowers have a pale green ‘ball’ in the centre (the ovary). The plant produces more male flowers than female and this provides for a more interesting overall visual display.

Ricinocarpos: from Ricinus, the castor oil plant and the Greek carpos meaning fruit - the fruit resembles that of the castor oil plant.

pinifolius: from the Latin pinus meaning pine and folium, a leaf.

If you have a plant that you particularly like and that might interest others, why not write a paragraph or two about it for inclusion here as a 'favourite'. If you have a photo to accompany it, so much the better but don't let lack of a photo put you off. If you're interested, drop me an email.

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Comment posted by MobileHome at 5:35 PM, 2 October 2008
I would write about my favorite plant, Cannabis, but I don't think it would be appropriate for this blog. ;)

Edited by MobileHome on 2 October 2008 at 6:26 PM

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