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"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote:

"Billy" wrote in message
Bill who putters wrote:

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Billy wrote:

This flower has volunteered here since forever, but does anybody know
its name?

http://tinypic.com/1r509n5u
Top row, middle two pics.

Thanks,

The softness of the stems intrigued me.

BIll

I added a third to show the flowers in place. So now it is the top row,
except for the borage and the onion.

The magenta flower is Lychnis - it also comes in white. They are brilliant
survivors in dry conditions which they seem to prefer and in my place the
volunteer seeds sprout in a gravel pathway.

Indeed that is it, thank you Fran. It is odd, and reassurring that,
though thousands of miles apart, we have the same floral friends. The
Lychnis coronaria, the red Valerian, Nasturtiums, and the Foxglove are
volunteer guests every year here, on the north side of the hill. They
seem to grow wherever I don't intrude.

Oh, Happy Winter Solstice, the lengthening days will push you to start
collecting your seeds. You must have about 60 days before you need to
start germinating. Time to make plans.

And thanks again.
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- Billy

There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading. The few who
learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and
find out for themselves.
Will Rogers

http://green-house.tv/video/the-spring-garden-tour
http://www.tomdispatch.com/p/zinn