HERB - Lambsear? question

[Lynette]

I'm not familiar with the name "rose cuniculus", but it sounds to me like
you have lamb' ears  They do get stalks of fuchsia flowers.  I'm curious
about  this "rose coniculus" as I have never heard this name.  But it sounds
to me like lambs ears and the flowers are accurate.  I know you recognize
the leaf.  I was not aware that you've never seen the flower.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Katherine Blackthorne" <kblackthorne at midtown.net>
To: "Herbalist" <herbalist at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 4:03 PM
Subject: HERB - Lambsear? question


My fiancé's 8-year-old brother made a contribution to my garden a couple
months ago.  An avid gardner himself, he offered me a pot of what I took
to be lambs' ears from his own yard.

They had long, silvery-grey, furry, finger-shaped leaves, and in all
ways looked like the plant I have learned to call Lambs' Ears.  Then, a
couple weeks ago, they sent up stalks of bright fuscia 5-petaled
flowers.  (Quite pretty.)  I've never heard of Lambs' Ears doing this!
His mother offered that she thought the plant might be "Rose Cuniculus"
(I'm sure I've mis-spelled that, but I'm going by pronunciation), but
she wasn't sure.  She wasn't even too sure of the name.

Now, I'm dealing with common names here, and I realize that's a
drawback.  And I mostly know Lamb's Ears (which we nicknamed Bunny Ears
and TC Ears -- in honor of our chihuahua) from other people's gardens --
maybe they have ornamental flowers that I just didn't know about... But
does anyone know what I have in my garden?!?

--Katherine Blackthorne
Golden Rivers, Cynagua, The West

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