Help identifying this plant, please...

Hi all

I've been trying to identify this plant for a while now, with no luck.
Does anyone know what it is? This was a centrepiece on a restaurant table. At first I thought it might be Corsican mint, but I don't anymore.
Any help greatly appreciated!

 

Welcome Laura.
I think we would need to see a good close up of the leaves in order to give you an accurate id.
How big was that ball.
Was it real or plastic?

 

Thank you for the welcome and the reply, Silver surfer. Unfortunately that is the only photo I have - a friend took it, not me. It was a real plant, not doubts about it. The whole ball was some 7 inches in diameter. I'm going to check with my friend to see if she has any other photos. Cheers!

 

Hi Laura Palmer and welcome to GC.

I immediately thought it was Helxine (Baby Tears) which are often sold trained into little ball shapes ... but this is probably your Corsican mint which you have now discounted.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soleirolia_soleirolii

http://uk.images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0geu8LTdpZPUWQAFRZLBQx.?p=Helixine&fr=my-myy&fr2=piv-web

 

Hi Victoria, and thanks.
I'm no expert (not even close), but I thought the Baby Tears look different than the Corsican mint... I actually think they look a lot more like the plant I'm trying to identify. I'm still waiting to see if we have any more pics of the plant in question. I did find another pic taken at the bar where we actually saw it, but the quality is not very good. Maybe just for context, size, etc:
http://www.radissonedwardian.com/middlesex-hotel-gb-ub3-5aw/gbedwair/dinings/2

 

A pure guess...could it be 'mind you own buisness'

 

best suggestion....go back to the restaurant and pinch a cutting for yourself .
Corsican mint have a really strong fresh smell of mint ...... it can even be a plastic plant , both baby tears and corsican mint are fast grower and need to be trimmed at least once a month ........do you really think that the waiters or cleaners will do the job?
in case you want to create one your self , just use baby tears on a string ball.

follow a link called string garden .

 

Thank you, lolimac and sal73. I think it may very well be the baby tears. sal73, unfortunately I won't be going anywhere near that restaurant anytime soon. But there is one thing related to what you have said that I can answer (we did pinch a bit of on a few occasions, and we even ate bits to see what it tasted like): no strong (or weak) minty smell at all, and no strong flavour. It just tasted... leafy? :-)
As to the waiters doing the trimming or not, no idea. With the bar being in a hotel that is part of a chain I'd imagine they would have some sort of 'regular plant maintenance', so to speak?

That string garden pic... that is so beautiful! I hadn't seen anything like it before, thanks!

 

Why not phone the hotel and ask? Any positive feedback is usually welcome and they may be very pleased that you noticed it and liked it enough to take the pic.

 

My guess would go to baby tears then as it come in different color and shape , may I ask you why do you want to know the name of the plant?

 

Could be box. see...

http://www.topiaryplants.co.uk/browse/topiary-balls-4826/