delurks after a while

Does anyone know what this is:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/treetop...os/3398304087/

Many thanks!!

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delurks after a while

Does anyone know what this is:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/treetop...os/3398304087/

Many thanks!!

I'd put it as one of the Cerastium family (Mouse-ears). Without knowing the
size it's hard to be definite, but Field Mouse-ear has larger flowers than
other sp, at about 12-20mm diam

On Mon, 30 Mar 2009, OG wrote

" cupra" wrote in message
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delurks after a while

Does anyone know what this is:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/treetop...os/3398304087/

Many thanks!!

I'd put it as one of the Cerastium family (Mouse-ears). Without knowing the
size it's hard to be definite, but Field Mouse-ear has larger flowers than
other sp, at about 12-20mm diam



Hi cupra, another refugee from the weather group? I think it's a white
campion, myself. Is that the same as cerastium?

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Greater Stitchwort aka Stellaria holostea and a common hedgerow 'weed'
that is a very superior cousin of the common chickweed or marginally
lesser cousin of the garden pink - make your choice. I like to see it
and it makes a nice, lowly boscage of pleasantly leafy stems topped
with rather showy white flowers at this time of year. It is very
obvious for a couple of weeks and then disappears into the the
undergrowth until the following spring.

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delurks after a while

Does anyone know what this is:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/treetop...os/3398304087/

Many thanks!!

I'd put it as one of the Cerastium family (Mouse-ears). Without knowing the
size it's hard to be definite, but Field Mouse-ear has larger flowers than
other sp, at about 12-20mm diam

No pic came up...

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On 30 Mar, 19:09, DaveP wrote:
Greater Stitchwort aka Stellaria holostea and a common hedgerow 'weed'
that is a very superior cousin of the common chickweed or marginally
lesser cousin of the garden pink - make your choice. *I like to see it
and it makes a nice, lowly boscage of pleasantly leafy stems topped
with rather showy white flowers at this time of year. *It is very
obvious for a couple of weeks and then disappears into the the
undergrowth until the following spring.

Nice picture but I always find it helps to see a leaf or two as well.
David Hill

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On Mon, 30 Mar 2009, OG wrote

" cupra" wrote in message
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delurks after a while

Does anyone know what this is:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/treetop...os/3398304087/

Many thanks!!

I'd put it as one of the Cerastium family (Mouse-ears). Without knowing
the
size it's hard to be definite, but Field Mouse-ear has larger flowers than
other sp, at about 12-20mm diam



Hi cupra, another refugee from the weather group? I think it's a white
campion, myself. Is that the same as cerastium?


I'm not sure what it is, but it's not a white campion. It looks like
something from the chickweed family to me.

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"Kate Brown" wrote in message
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On Mon, 30 Mar 2009, OG wrote

" cupra" wrote in message
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delurks after a while

Does anyone know what this is:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/treetop...os/3398304087/

Many thanks!!

I'd put it as one of the Cerastium family (Mouse-ears). Without knowing
the
size it's hard to be definite, but Field Mouse-ear has larger flowers than
other sp, at about 12-20mm diam



Hi cupra, another refugee from the weather group? I think it's a white
campion, myself. Is that the same as cerastium?


I'm not sure what it is, but it's not a white campion. It looks like
something from the chickweed family to me.


Mouseear is Cerastium spp, White Campion is Silene latifolia; both
belong to Caryophyllaceae (is that what you mean by chickweed family).
However I expect that Dave Poole's identification of it as Common
Stitchwort (also in Caryophyllaceae, and in the same genus as chickweed)
is correct.
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" cupra" wrote in message
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delurks after a while

Does anyone know what this is:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/treetop...os/3398304087/

Many thanks!!

I'd put it as one of the Cerastium family (Mouse-ears). Without knowing the
size it's hard to be definite, but Field Mouse-ear has larger flowers than
other sp, at about 12-20mm diam

Stitchwort, but without any scale, difficult to say whether it's greater
or lesser.

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Rusty
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
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On Mar 30, 7:09*pm, DaveP wrote:
Greater Stitchwort aka Stellaria holostea and a common hedgerow 'weed'
that is a very superior cousin of the common chickweed or marginally
lesser cousin of the garden pink - make your choice. *I like to see it
and it makes a nice, lowly boscage of pleasantly leafy stems topped
with rather showy white flowers at this time of year. *It is very
obvious for a couple of weeks and then disappears into the the
undergrowth until the following spring.

Agreed; if you pull a leaf away from the stem, it comes away with a
short "thread" of stem fibre; hence the name. Nice spring hedgerow
plant.

On 31/3/09 10:10, in article
, "Des
Higgins" wrote:

On Mar 30, 7:09*pm, DaveP wrote:
Greater Stitchwort aka Stellaria holostea and a common hedgerow 'weed'
that is a very superior cousin of the common chickweed or marginally
lesser cousin of the garden pink - make your choice. *I like to see it
and it makes a nice, lowly boscage of pleasantly leafy stems topped
with rather showy white flowers at this time of year. *It is very
obvious for a couple of weeks and then disappears into the the
undergrowth until the following spring.

Agreed; if you pull a leaf away from the stem, it comes away with a
short "thread" of stem fibre; hence the name. Nice spring hedgerow
plant.


I never knew that was the reason for the name - thank you! We get a lot in
the hedgerows here but I admit that without leaf and scale, I couldn't
recognise it. But it's not in flower now, surely? (Going out to have a
scout round!)

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials online

On Mar 31, 10:10*am, Des Higgins wrote:
On Mar 30, 7:09*pm, DaveP wrote:

Greater Stitchwort aka Stellaria holostea and a common hedgerow 'weed'
that is a very superior cousin of the common chickweed or marginally
lesser cousin of the garden pink - make your choice. *I like to see it
and it makes a nice, lowly boscage of pleasantly leafy stems topped
with rather showy white flowers at this time of year. *It is very
obvious for a couple of weeks and then disappears into the the
undergrowth until the following spring.

Agreed; *if you pull a leaf away from the stem, it comes away with a
short "thread" of stem fibre; hence the name. *Nice spring hedgerow
plant.

Des!!! We don't see enough of you in here recently, how's your
gardening growing over the Water?

Judith

On Mar 31, 10:40*am, Judith in France
wrote:
On Mar 31, 10:10*am, Des Higgins wrote:

On Mar 30, 7:09*pm, DaveP wrote:

Greater Stitchwort aka Stellaria holostea and a common hedgerow 'weed'
that is a very superior cousin of the common chickweed or marginally
lesser cousin of the garden pink - make your choice. *I like to see it
and it makes a nice, lowly boscage of pleasantly leafy stems topped
with rather showy white flowers at this time of year. *It is very
obvious for a couple of weeks and then disappears into the the
undergrowth until the following spring.

Agreed; *if you pull a leaf away from the stem, it comes away with a
short "thread" of stem fibre; hence the name. *Nice spring hedgerow
plant.

Des!!! *We don't see enough of you in here recently, how's your
gardening growing over the Water?

Judith

Hi Judith:
I have been in hibernation; garden is full of weeds (my bits anyway);
will start gardening again in a week or so; my wife has planted some
spuds and kept the worst chaos at bay and dropped subtle hints at me
to do some work to help.

Des

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Des!!! We don't see enough of you in here recently, how's your
gardening growing over the Water?

Ah, that reminds me, I think you sent me some ramsons a while back - I
can report that they like it here...

Many thanks again.

--
Rusty
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
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On Mar 31, 11:51*am, Des Higgins wrote:
On Mar 31, 10:40*am, Judith in France
wrote:



On Mar 31, 10:10*am, Des Higgins wrote:

On Mar 30, 7:09*pm, DaveP wrote:

Greater Stitchwort aka Stellaria holostea and a common hedgerow 'weed'
that is a very superior cousin of the common chickweed or marginally
lesser cousin of the garden pink - make your choice. *I like to see it
and it makes a nice, lowly boscage of pleasantly leafy stems topped
with rather showy white flowers at this time of year. *It is very
obvious for a couple of weeks and then disappears into the the
undergrowth until the following spring.

Agreed; *if you pull a leaf away from the stem, it comes away with a
short "thread" of stem fibre; hence the name. *Nice spring hedgerow
plant.

Des!!! *We don't see enough of you in here recently, how's your
gardening growing over the Water?

Judith

Hi Judith:
I have been in hibernation; garden is full of weeds (my bits anyway);
will start gardening again in a week or so; my wife has planted some
spuds and kept the worst chaos at bay and dropped subtle hints at me
to do some work to help.

Des

Same old then Des :-) Our spuds are not in yet, the earth is still
not warm enough, next week maybe.

Judith