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looking for an old fashioned plant

chrisaxjoneschrisaxjones Posts: 2
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Hi,
Does any one have a cutting of an old fashioned busy lizzy
The type that people had in their homes years ago?
Cheers
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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 29,637
    You'll be lucky.  As far as I'm aware there is a disease that has claimed most of them and they are also prone to downy mildew and necrotic spot virus which explains why you now only see the newer varieties which are more resistant.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
  • LynLyn Posts: 22,859
    Are you sure you mean Busy Lizzy,   They’re an outdoor annual.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 9,570
    I remember my Nan having busy lizzie houseplants. They had flowers like the bedding ones but were a lot taller and tended to be leggy. I haven't seen any for a long time though.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 29,637
    Leggy from lack of light from being kept indoors!
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,210
    The New Guinea impatiens were popular as house plants at one time, and didn't mind lower light levels.  The garden centre I worked in, in Yorkshire, sold them in the houseplant section.
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • B3B3 Posts: 26,455
    I remember them. I used to grow them as a child. Pink flowers. Fine in the house.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 86,053
    Yes I remember the tall pink Busy Lizzies ... haven’t seen any for years ... think they succumbed to mildew. 😢 

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





  • emacheney8fmr2BGoemacheney8fmr2BGo Posts: 1
    Hi guys I know I'm abit late but came across this post and believe I have an old-fashioned busy lizzie. It is a cutting from my grandmother's plant and hers was a cutting from her grandma 
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,247
    That 's the one. You cut a bit off and stick it in a glass of water. It roots in about three weeks and you pot it up.
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,462
    My mum had one too. Nice to see it again :)
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