Emrys Davies wrote:
Just a suggestion.
http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/...vincamino.html
Regards,
Emrys Davies.
First thing I pictured in my head from the description were
periwinkles...........
Les
"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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