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Old 04-04-2008, 09:39 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Stewart Robert Hinsley Stewart Robert Hinsley is offline
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Default A couple of IDs?

In message , cupra
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/treetop...os/2388191586/


Either too much detail or not enough. We can't see the overall habitus,
which would distinguish Hyacinth, Spanish Bluebell and English Bluebell,
nor can we see the innards of the flowers, which, combined with, say
Stace, allow us to do the same. I'd go for Spanish Bluebell.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/treetop...n/photostream/


Try forget-me-not (Myosotis) - they're mostly not out round here, but I
saw a few flowering today. There are other boraginaceous plants in
flower at the moment (e.g. Omphaloides), and many of them have similar
blue flowers, but your photo is giving me a Myosotis jizz.

Thanks in anticipation!


The "salad leaf flowers" are probably radish (Raphanus sativus). I think
that the last snowdrop is actually a snowflake (Leucojum). I'd guess at
Helenium for the orange "Knightshayes Flowers".
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