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Old 05-04-2008, 11:19 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default A couple of IDs?

Stewart Robert Hinsley writes
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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.


I went for Spanish on the general sturdiness of the thing, also the
bells seem to flare too much for English.

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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Kay