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GAgirl1066
Blackshear, GA
October 4, 2012 2:31 PM Post #9295952
| I only have the cuttings..I don't have pictures of the whole plant. 
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Jnette
Northeast, WA (Zone 5a)
October 4, 2012 2:59 PM Post #9295984
| Is it fuzzy leaves? Smell like Oregano? Looks like my Cuban Oregano in a way. |
GAgirl1066
Blackshear, GA
October 4, 2012 3:06 PM Post #9295986
| No definately not oregano, but thank you. I have that also. |
Vestia
San Francisco, CA
October 4, 2012 4:23 PM Post #9296059
| "Cuban oregano" is a sp. of Plectranthus, it does not look like that to me. There are couple of forms of. variegated culinary oreganos in the genus Oreganum - yours could be one. It also resembles the basil Ocimum 'Pesto Perpetuo'.
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olddude
Big Pine Key, FL (Zone 11)
October 4, 2012 5:21 PM Post #9296113
| Nice call on the variegated Basil, Vestia.
Something new to me.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/164841/
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Vestia
San Francisco, CA
October 4, 2012 9:57 PM Post #9296327
| yes, Scott - the 'Pesto Perpetuo' does not flower and is supposedly perennial.
The plant in the photo seems more like the variegated Origanum. |
Gabi65
Newcastle(NSW)
Australia (Zone 10a)
October 5, 2012 1:21 AM Post #9296358
| Looks like periwinkle Variegated Vinca Major or Minor. Pretty blue flowers. I'll just check! It can run away with your garden and get invasive but I like it to twine round the shrubs in a bed that you can't give much attention. Looks attractive hanging over a wall. 
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GAgirl1066
Blackshear, GA
October 5, 2012 4:07 AM Post #9296382
| That looks closer to it. The plant did not have purple flowers on it WHEN I took the cuttings, but the stems were long and it 'flopped' over. |
Vestia
San Francisco, CA
October 5, 2012 7:57 AM Post #9296498
| The original picture does not look like Vinca major to me.
Is the plant aromatic? |
GAgirl1066
Blackshear, GA
October 5, 2012 8:21 AM Post #9296520
| Not that I have noticed, but I'll crush a leaf and see... |
Jnette
Northeast, WA (Zone 5a)
October 5, 2012 4:29 PM Post #9296885
| I don't know what your zone is, but when I lived in Seattle, zone 8, I had vinca and it was terrible. You talk about INVASIVE? It would come up in my lawn 10 feet away. It really covered the ground if that is what you want, BUT, you just cannot control it unless you have time 24/7 to watch it.
Now, I will admit, mine was not variegated. If there is a difference in it's growth, good luck. We are in zone 5 here, and do not have some of the things like they do in Seattle because it gets so cold here in the winter. Things like Morning Glory. There, some roots of that are the size of my little finger. You might see little thin stuff here, but nothing like it is over there. |
sallyg
Anne Arundel,, MD (Zone 7a)
October 5, 2012 6:42 PM Post #9297002
| First plant does NOT look like variegate Vinca to me, either. It has side budding that Vinca does not.
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GAgirl1066
Blackshear, GA
October 5, 2012 7:15 PM Post #9297034
| I'm not sure either, the plant in question has a very thin leaf, no aroma. |
HelloMissMary
Memphis, TN
October 5, 2012 10:21 PM Post #9297183
| Looks like my variegated Vinca. 
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purpleinopp
Opp, AL (Zone 8b)
October 6, 2012 7:47 AM Post #9297393
| Could you show a pic from the side? |
GAgirl1066
Blackshear, GA
October 6, 2012 9:42 AM Post #9297488
| Sure...in a little while. |
plantfreak78
Rolesville, NC (Zone 7b)
October 6, 2012 10:57 AM Post #9297536
| That is not a Vinca (major or minor); 100% sure.
I was leaning towards basil until the revelation that the foliage isn't fragrant.
How about Alternanthera? |
GAgirl1066
Blackshear, GA
October 6, 2012 3:28 PM Post #9297683
| I found it!!! Asystasia gangetica variegata
http://www.floridafriendlyplants.com/Plant_Detail.asp?PlantI... |
sallyg
Anne Arundel,, MD (Zone 7a)
October 6, 2012 8:55 PM Post #9297988
| Great job! We only have the all-green one in Plantfiles
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/55915/ |
GAgirl1066
Blackshear, GA
October 7, 2012 4:44 AM Post #9298229
| OK, I'll add it...do you all agree that is what it is. I am fairly certain that it had lavender/blueish flowers on it when I got the cuttings. That is what caught my eye, the contrast of the wh/gr leaves and the lt blue flowers. I can still take some side shots of the stems. |
purpleinopp
Opp, AL (Zone 8b)
October 7, 2012 3:49 PM Post #9298870
| Looks like a possibility. Is there a Pseuderanthemum that's variegated like that? |
Vestia
San Francisco, CA
October 8, 2012 7:01 AM Post #9299378
| purpleinopp wrote:Looks like a possibility. Is there a Pseuderanthemum that's variegated like that?
Yes, but it has more irregular leaf edges.
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