Acanthus spinosus vs. A. mollis. in Photo of Bear's Breeches (Acanthus spinosus) - Garden.org

Header

Post a reply

» Jump to the end

Uploaded by ge1836

Bear's Breeches (Acanthus spinosus)
Uploaded by ge1836

Aug 17, 2015 7:48 AM CST

Plants Admin Emeritus

Name: Evan
Pioneer Valley south, MA, USA (Zone 6a)

The leaves appear to be of Acanthus spinosus not A. mollis.
http://www.missouribotanicalga...

http://www.missouribotanicalga...

Evan

| @eclayne | Post #930496 (1)

Aug 17, 2015 8:17 AM CST

Name: Jo Ann Gentle
Pittsford NY (Zone 6a)

I am so inept at seeing any difference between them ,but will accept your identification.

| @ge1836 | Post #930518 (2)

Aug 17, 2015 9:16 AM CST

Plants Admin

Name: Suzanne/Sue
Sebastopol, CA (Zone 9a)
Sunset Zone 15

Your leaves are really serrated compared to A. mollis

Uploaded by eclayne

Bear's Breeches (Acanthus mollis)
Uploaded by eclayne

so it fits the leaves of A. spinosus

Uploaded by Char

Bear's Breeches (Acanthus spinosus)
Uploaded by Char

My gardening Blog!
Handmade quilts, new & vintage fabrics in my Etsy store. Summer Song Cottage
Instagram Sewing posts

| @Calif_Sue | Post #930564 (3)

Aug 17, 2015 9:37 AM CST

Name: Jo Ann Gentle
Pittsford NY (Zone 6a)

WOW Thanks. I see the difference now.

| @ge1836 | Post #930575 (4)

Aug 17, 2015 1:17 PM CST

Plants Admin Emeritus

Name: Evan
Pioneer Valley south, MA, USA (Zone 6a)

And you have loads of blooms...Beautiful!

A. mollis has never bloomed for me, perhaps due to late frosts.

How much sun does your Acanthus get Jo Ann? My A. spinosus has hardly increased in 3 years and takes forever to emerge.

Evan

| @eclayne | Post #930732 (5)

Aug 17, 2015 1:47 PM CST

Name: Jo Ann Gentle
Pittsford NY (Zone 6a)

Ours is a transplant from DD's old house and is really in her garden by the front door.
It reseeds or makes plantlets somehow. It gets full sun nearly all day.
It also come up later.

| @ge1836 | Post #930750 (6)

Aug 17, 2015 1:49 PM CST

Plants Admin Emeritus

Name: Evan
Pioneer Valley south, MA, USA (Zone 6a)

Thanks Jo Ann. I'll move mine to full sun next Spring.

Evan

| @eclayne | Post #930755 (7)

« Garden.org Homepage
« Back to the top
« Forums List
« Photo of Bear's Breeches (Acanthus spinosus)
« Plant Photos Forum

You must first create a username and login before you can reply to this thread.

Started by: eclayne
Replies: 6, views: 5,326

Member Login:

Username or email

Password

( No account? Join now! )

Garden.org Homepage

Help using the site

Terms of Service

Getting Started Gardening

© 1972 - 2024 National Gardening Association

Times are presented in US Central Standard Time

Today's site banner is by Murky and is called "Ballerina Rose Hybrid"

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.