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Author Garden: What is this? keylime Garden Helper Member # 7076 posted                       Okay I know I'm lazy. I tried to look it up on the web, but I thought it would be easier to ask some of you knowledgable folks out there. Someone gave me a pot of this that they had rooted from their plant, and IT LOVES ME! I have cut 3 or 4 shoots off and rooted them and they have become whole potsfull. I discarded some into a flowerbed and it rooted! It loves living here! So what is it? Plants: 13 | From: Outer Banks, NC | Registered: Oct 2005  |  Seeded: 67.77.229.46 RugbyHukr Garden Pro! Member # 5274 posted                       Plectranthus coleoides * * * * I love the sweet scents wafting in the breeze. I stop to admire the vibrant colors of all living things. And people think me odd. Then ODD I am!!! http://community.webshots.com/user/flugnash Plants: 1058 | From: SoCal via WV | Registered: Apr 2005  |  Seeded: 67.23.138.225 tkhooper Official Blabber Mouth Member # 4875 posted                       It looks just like my pinapplemint to me but I'm a beginner so I can't swear to it. * * * * Plants: 8557 | From: triangle, virginia | Registered: Mar 2005  |  Seeded: 4.249.153.101 ChristinaC Garden Pro! Member # 4351 posted                       I was thinking some type of variegated mint as well. What you'll have to do is smell it. Does it smell like oregano or mint? * * * * Plants: 2202 | From: Ontario, Canada | Registered: Jan 2005  |  Seeded: 24.36.132.77 4Ruddy Wild Woman Member # 2322 posted                       Christina is right...you need to smell. There are varigated basils as well. (that's what it looks like to me) ~V~ * * * * Happiness, like a dessert so sweet. May life give you more than you can ever eat... *** *** Plants: 7034 | From: The Land of JOY | Registered: Apr 2004  |  Seeded: 75.0.202.165 jimmydreams Gardener Member # 10383 posted                       Keylime that plant is Coleus amboinicus Var. also listed as Plectranthus coleoides, Plectranthus amboinicus...the common name is Varigated Cuban Oregano and is often substituted in recipes that call for oregano in the hotter regions. It is very tender and will get killed by frost, but grows very quickly and adds great color to a garden. * * * * Put some "Spice" in your life! Plants: 9 | From: Melrose, Florida | Registered: Jul 2006  |  Seeded: 24.26.29.61 keylime Garden Helper Member # 7076 posted                       Thanks everyone. Since I posted this I have started three new pots of this plant from cuttings. It grows so fast! It is an interesting find to add to my collection. Plants: 13 | From: Outer Banks, NC | Registered: Oct 2005  |  Seeded: 69.69.209.155

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