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plant i.d.
One whole side of my garden has been taken over by a herbaceous plant,
apparantly starting off with just two clumps given by my neighbour to the previous owners a few years ago. In fact, a lot of the gardens here have this plant and I've seen it at the roadside as well. It's a couple of feet tall, with spikes of bright yellow flowers, the flower spikes themselves being about a foot long. The flowers have five petals and look like small yellow stars. It started flowering a few weeks ago and is still going strong, though some of the earliest ones are now starting to go a bit brown. Any ideas? |
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In article , datsy
writes One whole side of my garden has been taken over by a herbaceous plant, apparantly starting off with just two clumps given by my neighbour to the previous owners a few years ago. In fact, a lot of the gardens here have this plant and I've seen it at the roadside as well. It's a couple of feet tall, with spikes of bright yellow flowers, the flower spikes themselves being about a foot long. The flowers have five petals and look like small yellow stars. It started flowering a few weeks ago and is still going strong, though some of the earliest ones are now starting to go a bit brown. Any ideas? Yellow loostrife, Lysimachia punctatum? Flowers about 3/4 inch across, with the petals joined at the bottom so that the flower falls off in one piece. -- Kay "Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river" |
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One whole side of my garden has been taken over by a herbaceous plant, apparantly starting off with just two clumps given by my neighbour to the previous owners a few years ago. In fact, a lot of the gardens here have this plant and I've seen it at the roadside as well. It's a couple of feet tall, with spikes of bright yellow flowers, the flower spikes themselves being about a foot long. The flowers have five petals and look like small yellow stars. It started flowering a few weeks ago and is still going strong, though some of the earliest ones are now starting to go a bit brown. Any ideas? Yellow loostrife, Lysimachia punctatum? Flowers about 3/4 inch across, with the petals joined at the bottom so that the flower falls off in one piece. That's the one - thank you very much! I've never even heard of this one before. |
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In article , datsy
writes Yellow loostrife, Lysimachia punctatum? Flowers about 3/4 inch across, with the petals joined at the bottom so that the flower falls off in one piece. That's the one - thank you very much! I've never even heard of this one before. It's one of the plants that was in everyone's garden in the 50s and therefore has been deeply unfashionable for the last 30 years. -- Kay "Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river" |
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-- "datsy" wrote in message ... One whole side of my garden has been taken over by a herbaceous plant, apparantly starting off with just two clumps given by my neighbour to the previous owners a few years ago. In fact, a lot of the gardens here have this plant and I've seen it at the roadside as well. It's a couple of feet tall, with spikes of bright yellow flowers, the flower spikes themselves being about a foot long. The flowers have five petals and look like small yellow stars. It started flowering a few weeks ago and is still going strong, though some of the earliest ones are now starting to go a bit brown. Any ideas? Yellow loostrife, Lysimachia punctatum? Flowers about 3/4 inch across, with the petals joined at the bottom so that the flower falls off in one piece. That's the one - thank you very much! I've never even heard of this one before. I wish I had some of that. I have the pink variety and love it. |
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In article , pammyT
writes -- "datsy" wrote in message ... One whole side of my garden has been taken over by a herbaceous plant, apparantly starting off with just two clumps given by my neighbour to the previous owners a few years ago. In fact, a lot of the gardens here have this plant and I've seen it at the roadside as well. It's a couple of feet tall, with spikes of bright yellow flowers, the flower spikes themselves being about a foot long. The flowers have five petals and look like small yellow stars. It started flowering a few weeks ago and is still going strong, though some of the earliest ones are now starting to go a bit brown. Any ideas? Yellow loostrife, Lysimachia punctatum? Flowers about 3/4 inch across, with the petals joined at the bottom so that the flower falls off in one piece. That's the one - thank you very much! I've never even heard of this one before. I wish I had some of that. I have the pink variety and love it. Pink variety? Do you mean the one with purple leaves? Or do you mean the pinky-purple flowered purple loosestrife, Lythrum slaicaria? -- Kay "Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river" |
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I wish I had some of that. I have the pink variety and love it. I could send you a clump in the autumn if somebody tells me what the best way of sending it would be! |
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from "pammyT" fenlandfowl @talktalk.net contains these words: I wish I had some of that. I have the pink variety and love it. Beware of what you desire - you may get it. -- Rusty Emus to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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