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[cybermule]

Can anyone identify it? I want some in my garden...

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[ockhams-shotgun.livejournal.com]

That would be a flower. I agree, your garden would look with flowers in. :)

[cybermule.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think technically those coloured bits are leaves. But you're right, it would look great.

[apel.livejournal.com]

Bracts is the technical term, I think.

[cybermule.livejournal.com]

Aha - I wondered what a bract looked like. Thanks also for pointing me to the right plant - did you know it already, or do you have some special way of looking these things up?

[apel.livejournal.com]

You've seen bracts before. Unless you've somehow managed to avoid poinsettias completely. :-) Bougainvilleas have brightly coloured bracts too.

I'd seen the plant before and knew it was a salvia, so I googled "salvia bracts" in Google images.

[cybermule.livejournal.com]

Brilliant - I did have "salvia??" written down for it, but I didn't know about bracts. Thank you for your help :)

[apel.livejournal.com]

It's Salvia horminium.

[mallt.livejournal.com]

I have no idea but....ooooo purdy!!! ;)