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Posted by misslibrary nwTNz6 (jkeene@utm.edu) on Thu, Feb 24, 05 at 10:06
| Has anyone ever heard of a "Methodist plant?" I think it may be a "Southern pass-along" but I am not sure. A friend told me about it and I can't find any info anywhere. Thanks. JAK |
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RE: 'Methodist plant'
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- Posted by QQQQ z7 AR (My Page) on
Tue, Mar 15, 05 at 18:34
| No, but I've heard of bishop's weed (Aegopodium podagraria). |
RE: 'Methodist plant'
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- Posted by delisa z9a Central FL (My Page) on
Sat, Nov 25, 06 at 15:49
| My Mother keeps asking me to find her one of these plants called a Methodist plant. She says it was also called a Chinese Bluebell and that it is a bulb plant. She is from the south. |
RE: 'Methodist plant'
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| This article mentions a Chinese Bluebell (Eustoma grandiflorum) and says it's actually a native southern US plant. I hope that helps. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Eustoma grandiflorum
RE: 'Methodist plant'
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| I have lots of pots Methodist Plants. My aunt now deceased gave me my pot years ago and told me that you have to share the plant every year. By sharing a plant of Methodist Plant it is your way of sharing your love with God with others. She said if you don't share the plant will die and your love for God. Moral of the story if you don't share it gets too many plants in a pot and they do die and don't look look good or bloom in the summer. |
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| That's a cool story, tobaccofarmer. Do you by any chance know the scientific name for your Methodist Plants? (Or can you post a picture?) |
RE: 'Methodist plant'
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| i have a large planter of methodist plant i brought to fl from ky. no one there knew the reason it was called methodist plant or any scientific info on it. this is my first attempt to learn more about it. the plant has purple blooms that resemble petunias, bur the foliage is large leafed and deep green. it dies back in the late fall. i store it under my deck until early spring when new growth reemerges (the new growth starts as very small things that look like tiny pine cones, wierd ). i will try to post a photo at some point. |
RE: 'Methodist plant'
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I have a methodist plant that is an heirloom plant my neighbor (who is 90) has kept going for most of those years.
I'd like to post a photo, but don't know how--anyone know how to do that on this forum? |
RE: 'Methodist plant'
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| parislady, this forum doesn't accept uploaded pics, but the name that plant forum does. You can also "park" your pictures on a photo-sharing/hosting site and put links to them in messages on these forums. I found only this link trying to satisfy my own curiosity from this discussion. The plant in the link is still not identified, but looks like a Plectranthus. |
RE: 'Methodist plant'
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- Posted by nancybea 7b/8a Athens, Ga.. (My Page) on
Sun, Aug 14, 11 at 16:55
| Although I've not heard the name Methodist Plant, the story and description sound exactly like something I have known since childhood some 50 years ago as a Monkey Face. A few years ago I went on a quest to discover the botanical name and found it was Achimenes, a small bulb that looks like a tiny pine cone. The flower is almost always purple, although I think you can also order them in white and pink. The flowers look almost identical to petunias, although the foliage is different. They need lots of shade and consistent water. They aren't hardy over winter and need to be stored under the house or basement when they die down in the fall. Plant Delights Nursery had them at one time. If you google Achimenes, you can see lots of pictures. Maybe this is your Methodist Plant. I think they have lots of other names too. |
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