On 3/9/05 18:24, in article , "Bob Hobden"
wrote:


"Sacha" wrote
after "Bob Hobden" replied to her

A friend of my daughter lives in Scotland and has asked if anyone knows
the
name of this rose: http://www.deviantart.com/view/21967616/
And of this: http://www.deviantart.com/view/22494893/


The latter looks like some kind of Balsam to me but I'd love to know
what
others think.

Can't help with the rose as you might expect, but that "Orchid" doesn't
look
like any hardy Orchid I know, (with hairy leaves?) it's more like a Marsh
Woundwort (Stachys palustris)

http://www.bioimages.org.uk/HTML/T1509.HTM

Bingo! I'm sure you're right. Do we have to worry about it being
invasive
or anything weird like that? I say 'we' because I've asked for seeds of
it
- I think it's lovely!

It's a native perennial wild flower of unshaded wet ground (marshes, pond &
stream edges, ditches, etc) and is seen all over the country in suitable
habitat. Probably some local to you up on the moor.
Having never cultivated it I'm unsure of it's suitability for introduction
to the garden scene but it does flower late in the season.

Thanks, Bob. It's extraordinary that we've never seen it but I shall now
open my eyes wider.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)