Possibly thalictrun aquilegifolium? But I'm not sure and probably
about to be shot down in flames by those who know better. Any chance
of close-ups of flowers and leaves?

Thalictrum aquilegifolium has purple flowers. (I checked my file of
digital photos before proposing Thalictrum speciosissimum.)

Yes - that's why I wasn't quite sure.... but having just come back from
the pub, I wasn't about to get the gardening books out to check. It was
a close guess tho'! :-)

[quote=Paul Starship;892937]Dear Experts (including newly crowned expert)

Can someone please identify this flower/plant please ?

Usually grows to over 3ft usually 4ft or slightly higher.

what-is-this-flower-called on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

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I have Thalictrum flavum in my garden, just coming to bud opening, and it looks very much like it.

On Sat, 3 Jul 2010 09:18:49 +0100, Sacha wrote:

It certainly looks very like the Thalictrum we have growing in our
garden. It dies right back iin winter and then grows very quickly once
Yup...
Springtime, it shows up grows to about a foot and then pauses,
and then next thing you know it's 4ft high,
and then it starts to fall over because it cant stand up in a breeze.
dies off, brittle leftovers.
Cut it back to ground level and just wait.
(repeat every year)

spring arrives. I think it's T. flavum ssp. glaucum.
http://i50.tinypic.com/29mn2uw.jpg and
http://i49.tinypic.com/1zm13fd.jpg
Bingo!!

I take it that a close up of the leaves
helps in the ID process as well then?

In article , Sacha
writes
It certainly looks very like the Thalictrum we have growing in our
garden. It dies right back iin winter and then grows very quickly once
spring arrives.


I seem to have acquired what I have been thinking was corydalis flexuosa
but instead it's turned into a lovely Thalictrum really tiny but with
lots of little tiny flowers, can't be more than a couple of inches high.
Which Thalictrum could it be?

Janet
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