On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:46:06 +0100, Stewart Robert Hinsley
wrote:
In message , Pam Moore
writes
On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:01:51 +0100, Stewart Robert Hinsley
wrote:
I visited Acorn Bank (NT) up in Cumbria towards to the end of April, and
came across a plant that I couldn't place. I'm not sure whether it was
meant to be there, or arrived under it's own steam.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27317581@N06/3613702404/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27317581@N06/3613702154/
Anyone recognise it?
There was also in the woodland garden there (and I presume wild) a
marginal plant that is reasonably common, but which I've never pinned
down.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27317581@N06/3613702244/
While I'm asking questions, there's also this aquatic plant photographed
in a canal backwater last month.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27317581@N06/3525917881/
I know the first one as Golden Saxifrage, which, for me, is a good
enough name for it. It appeared in my garden a few years ago and now
seeds itself everywhere, but as it is so pretty I largely leave it
alone.
The second I think is what I call starweed, which becomes a menace
when it gets established on top of pots.
Can't give botanical names.
Did you mean the 3rd, which Des suspects of being a water-starwort?
Unfortunately the predominant meanings of starweed - if one believes
Google - are Stellaria media (chickweed) and Plantago triandra (a New
Zealand plantain).
Pam in Bristol
Oh dear, well I got that wrong, but it's what I've always called it,
not having reference books to refer to. Yes I did mean the 3rd photo,
but the second plant!
Pam in Bristol