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Old 15-04-2007, 03:03 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Anne Jackson writes
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On 14 Apr, 08:34, "DONOTREPLY" wrote:
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please !! help with botanical names!!


Eschscholzia for the orange flowers, californian poppies,


Surely not?
Eschscholtzia have a long seed capsule, and on these you can see the
typical seed capsule shape of Papaver (poppy), as Stewart said. And the
texture of the petals is wrong - more delicate than Eschscholtzia.

and perhaps
a camelia for the pink tree, theaceae.


I don't think it's a Camelia. It's the right shape for a rhododendron,
but I'm seeing palmate leaves at the bottom, unless they're leaves
from the tree/shrub behind the 'pink flowering' shrub.

Right bark for a rhodo. And flower density.
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Kay