Australian and New Zealand Gardening: Flowering in October 2011, 1 by Seachanger

Seachanger wrote:
I've never seen a purple Shrimp....it's a pretty thing....

Here are the seed pods from my Chimonanthus, "Wintersweet"....I have never noticed them before.
Very solid looking for such a fine leafed plant.....

Jean, I must remind you about our little Abutilons...this won't affect cestrum, because she doesn't get it as cold as you and I.....the small ones are very frost tender, I didn't know that.....when my apricot one grew so much slower than the red, I thought that it must have just been the plant...then I read over the weekend that they definitely don't like the cold...thinking about it, I remembered that the apricot one was about a metre away from the red and wasn't getting any of the protection that the verandah was giving the red.......since the warmer weather, the apricot is now the same size.

I had just assumed that they would be as tough as the taller ones....if you already knew this then ignore the last paragraph....LOL