Thank you, Pete and Bijdezee. I've just googled "callistemon" and it looks certainly right. I shall try to grow this "beautiful stem" in my garden. I imagine I shall have to place it in a rather protected spot, but that shouldn't be too difficult. It's rather gorgeous!
I can imagine, Herbaceous. Unfortunately, I've never been to Fes, or any part of Morocco for that matter. However, I've seen one in the front garden of a fairly exotic-looking garden, not too far from my house, so I fell in love with it!
I have 2 of these, a red one and a yellow one, they're proving to be pretty tough, the red one (C. splendida i think) imparticular has been through some tough winters without any protection other than shelter from trees and fencing. I have seen quite a few of these around here in wigan and all look really healthy. Asda were selling small specimens a few weeks ago, maybe they're in stores nationwide?
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