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Please can someone help to identify this flower for me?? It has flowered for weeks and tolerates hot dry conditions, it is rough to the touch. Thanks. http://tinypic.com/r/286yb15/3 |
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On Aug 6, 10:55*pm, "JonC" wrote:
Please can someone help to identify this flower for me?? It has flowered for weeks and tolerates hot dry conditions, it is rough to the touch. Thanks. http://tinypic.com/r/286yb15/3 Echium vulgare (viper's bugloss)? Des |
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, Des Higgins writes On Aug 6, 10:55*pm, "JonC" wrote: Please can someone help to identify this flower for me?? It has flowered for weeks and tolerates hot dry conditions, it is rough to the touch. Thanks. http://tinypic.com/r/286yb15/3 Echium vulgare (viper's bugloss)? Des Yes. In my limited experience, wild plants tend to be more straggly, and less branched, so I'd guess that this is cultivated stock. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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On Aug 7, 8:56*am, Stewart Robert Hinsley
wrote: In message , Des Higgins writes On Aug 6, 10:55*pm, "JonC" wrote: Please can someone help to identify this flower for me?? It has flowered for weeks and tolerates hot dry conditions, it is rough to the touch. Thanks. http://tinypic.com/r/286yb15/3 Echium vulgare (viper's bugloss)? Des Yes. In my limited experience, wild plants tend to be more straggly, and less branched, so I'd guess that this is cultivated stock. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley I have only seen it in the wild once in Ireland (I cannot remember if it is native; probably isn't but gets naturalised?) and it is quite a sight. The wild ones were indeed more straggly and were spread through a meadow. The splashes of deep blue were very striking. |
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"Des Higgins" wrote in message ... On Aug 7, 8:56 am, Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote: In message , Des Higgins writes On Aug 6, 10:55 pm, "JonC" wrote: Please can someone help to identify this flower for me?? It has flowered for weeks and tolerates hot dry conditions, it is rough to the touch. Thanks. http://tinypic.com/r/286yb15/3 Echium vulgare (viper's bugloss)? Des Yes. In my limited experience, wild plants tend to be more straggly, and less branched, so I'd guess that this is cultivated stock. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley I have only seen it in the wild once in Ireland (I cannot remember if it is native; probably isn't but gets naturalised?) and it is quite a sight. The wild ones were indeed more straggly and were spread through a meadow. The splashes of deep blue were very striking. Thankyou to all those who replied. I think I will tread carefully when I collect the seed and sow it, but I do like it as a flower. |
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