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Query regarding plant seen on show

jorieallen2jorieallen2 Posts: 4
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Is there another name for the Hardboiled Egg Plant seen on yesterday's show? Can't find it on a Google search by that name.

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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 9,562
    I haven't watched yet but maybe poached egg plant, Limnanthes douglasii?
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 86,025
    Yes Limanthes douglassii was on the programme last night.  

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 6,891
    JennyJ said:
    maybe poached egg plant, Limnanthes douglasii?
    Yes - the German lady with the wildlife friendly allotment mentioned this one - is that what you meant @jorieallen2 ?
    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • jorieallen2jorieallen2 Posts: 4
    Yes, exactly! Thanks so much from Rhode Island!
  • jorieallen2jorieallen2 Posts: 4
    No wonder I got nothing from Google but hard boiled egg recipes. got it wrong , it should have been poached egg! HAHA!Thanks again.
  • amancalledgeorgeamancalledgeorge Posts: 2,443
    And how awful was it that the GW crew thought they needed to subtitle the German ecologist...middle England can't deal with a German accent? She was very easy to understand.
    To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow
  • BijdezeeBijdezee Posts: 1,484
    amancalledgeorge said:
    And how awful was it that the GW crew thought they needed to subtitle the German ecologist...middle England can't deal with a German accent? She was very easy to understand.
    They do that here for regional accents. 

    I used to grow the poached egg plant, they seed very freely, but they are pretty and the wildlife like them. Sadly yet another seed I can't source in G C's here. 
  • LisaJ73LisaJ73 Posts: 16
    I've just sown some more poached egg plant seeds today - I don't know if the last lot germinated and were nibbled by snails, pigeons, etc as I can't remember where I sowed them!  Hopefully they'll appear at some point this summer.  
  • jorieallen2jorieallen2 Posts: 4
    I get my GW the next day in the US with a BritBox subscription. If there were subtitles, they were not activated. Thanks for the discussion on these, I am excited to get some seeds and try to grow them here.
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