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Old 26-07-2008, 02:06 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Tiny sweetpea
On 26/7/08 11:27, in article ,
"Charlie Pridham" wrote:

In article ,
 says...
On 26/7/08 10:06, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:01:09 +0100, Sacha wrote:

When we were at Highgrove we saw the tiniest sweetpea flower I've ever
seen.
Neither of us knew what it was - it's a light blue, all one colour IIRC and
probably less than an inch across. At first glance we thought we'd seen a
tiny butterfly. Anyone know what it is?

Vetch? We have the tiniest blue butterflies living in a holly bush. Guess
what
they are called?

Tiny Blue? ;-) No, I don't think it was a vetch. It was in the Islamic
garden, being trained up a wall.

Try Lathyrus pubscens

That's too big but it's more like L. sativus which I found on the same
Google image page. I don't remember it having any pink on it, though.
Thanks for the pointer
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon


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