Just a suggestion.

http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/...vincamino.html

Regards,
Emrys Davies.




"ElektraUK" wrote in message
s.com...
Hi y'all...I just moved to the UK a few months ago and my English
boyfriend and I are renting a fabulous cottage outside Basingstoke.
It
has a tremendous garden and we have spent a good part of the spring
and
early summer trying to figure out what is growing there.

Just recently, under the beautiful rose bushes in front of the house,
some low-growing ground cover with serated semi-broad leaves started
covering one side of a bed. Since the people who lived here before us
were obviously veteran gardeners, we think it might be something to
keep since it is so pervasive along that bed's border.

I brought a sample cutting to a garden centre here, but no one was
able
to identify it. In the past week, it has started sending out long
viney shoots with bright blue star-shaped flowers. We thought it
might
be borage, and the leaves evidence of strawberries, but we are at a
loss.

Other than these beautiful blue flowers, nothing else has budded on
these plants, so I can't be sure they are actually strawberries. Are
they weeds? Are they food? We have no idea. But they grow like
crazy
and soon take over the bed if not kept in line.

We have looked EVERYWHERE online to try to identify the blue flowers
and the closest are the borage, but not quite. The leaves do not have
a scent of cucumber.

Does anyone know of a good site where we can search for images of
flowers...even the comprehensive gardening books don't have any images
similar to what we're seeing.

We also are growing our first crop of vegetables and herbs, and are
enjoying finding new plants budding and sprouting throughout this
little piece of heaven. We look forward to participating and learning
more from all of you.

Most sincerely,
Elektra
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