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Plant I.D. Please
Jeanne is concerned that this could be a weed (:-(
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8130344...n/photostream/ Could anybody identify it please. Many thanks Pete |
Plant I.D. Please
Pete wrote:
Jeanne is concerned that this could be a weed (:-( http://www.flickr.com/photos/8130344...n/photostream/ Could anybody identify it please. it's pretty, whatever it is. Flowers look like a cross between an iris and an orchid. The crocosmia can be classed as a weed if you're not careful with it. :-) |
Plant I.D. Please
wrote in message ... Pete wrote: Jeanne is concerned that this could be a weed (:-( http://www.flickr.com/photos/8130344...n/photostream/ Could anybody identify it please. it's pretty, whatever it is. Flowers look like a cross between an iris and an orchid. The crocosmia can be classed as a weed if you're not careful with it. :-) Those are what I call Montbretia and I have them in my garden:) -- -- http://www.shop.helpforheroes.org.uk/ |
Plant I.D. Please
On 21/07/2012 19:21, Pete wrote:
Jeanne is concerned that this could be a weed (:-( http://www.flickr.com/photos/8130344...n/photostream/ Could anybody identify it please. Many thanks Pete Looks like Clary Sage to me. A good cultivar is Salvia sclarea Turkestanica. It could be that. -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
Plant I.D. Please
In article , Spider
writes A good cultivar is Salvia sclarea Turkestanica. Er, well hang on a minute ... SS Turkestanica is lovely FROM A DISTANCE, other wise for good read pongy or smelly or horrendous...................... -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
Plant I.D. Please
"Janet" wrote in message ... In article , says... Jeanne is concerned that this could be a weed (:-( http://www.flickr.com/photos/8130344...n/photostream/ Could anybody identify it please. Many thanks Pete Salvia... or maybe a penstemon. Would it matter if anything so pretty WAS a weed? The weeds are the two nettle spikes behind it, going to seed :-) Janet Thank you for your replies. I am now happy that it is Salvia - although I had previously been confused by the large leaves at the base of the plant. Hubby misunderstood me - I never thought it was a weed but I have found that in another bed it is becoming somewhat invasive by seeding itself everywhere - and once it develops it is almost impossible to dig out. However as I am slowly changing my view to gardening - from pristine beds to "cottagey" style, I suppose it doesn't matter. And yes - the nettle spikes have now been pulled out!!! Jeanne Jeanne |
Plant I.D. Please
On 22/07/2012 14:20, Janet Tweedy wrote:
In article , Spider writes A good cultivar is Salvia sclarea Turkestanica. Er, well hang on a minute ... SS Turkestanica is lovely FROM A DISTANCE, other wise for good read pongy or smelly or horrendous...................... :~))! I've never found it to be that offensive. The odour is more like fresh perspiration than stale, which most creatures and *some* humans find quite attractive ... but I know it doesn't please everyone. -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
Plant I.D. Please
On 21/07/2012 23:05, Sacha wrote:
On 2012-07-21 22:27:07 +0100, Spider said: On 21/07/2012 19:21, Pete wrote: Jeanne is concerned that this could be a weed (:-( http://www.flickr.com/photos/8130344...n/photostream/ Could anybody identify it please. Many thanks Pete Looks like Clary Sage to me. A good cultivar is Salvia sclarea Turkestanica. It could be that. Ah, the BO plant! I don't think it's S Turkestanica as the flower heads are more 'crowded' than that. This might be Salvia pratensis? Yes, it certainly could be S. pratensis, but it still looks to me a lot like the S.sc. Turkestanica I had in this garden years ago. I'm sure the BO effect will help the OP in identifying it! -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
Plant I.D. Please
"Pete" wrote in message ... Jeanne is concerned that this could be a weed (:-( http://www.flickr.com/photos/8130344...n/photostream/ Could anybody identify it please. Many thanks Pete Its a Salvia -- Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella and Lapageria rosea cvs http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk |
Plant I.D. Please
On 22/07/2012 17:22, Sacha wrote:
On 2012-07-22 15:33:53 +0100, Spider said: On 22/07/2012 14:20, Janet Tweedy wrote: In article , Spider writes A good cultivar is Salvia sclarea Turkestanica. Er, well hang on a minute ... SS Turkestanica is lovely FROM A DISTANCE, other wise for good read pongy or smelly or horrendous...................... :~))! I've never found it to be that offensive. The odour is more like fresh perspiration than stale, which most creatures and *some* humans find quite attractive ... but I know it doesn't please everyone. I think you had a very polite form of it!! We keep it to the middle (ish) of a border for just that reason. If someone brushes against it, or touches it, they won't forget it in a hurry! Quite so! I must remember to stand in the middle of a border next time I've been gardening vigorously ;~)) -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
Plant I.D. Please
"Charlie Pridham" wrote in message ... "Pete" wrote in message ... Jeanne is concerned that this could be a weed (:-( http://www.flickr.com/photos/8130344...n/photostream/ Could anybody identify it please. Many thanks Pete Its a Salvia I bought one of those today, at Biddulph grange. Think it was salvia Galeta, but its a very nice blue. |
Plant I.D. Please
On Sun, 22 Jul 2012 14:48:16 +0100, "Pete"
wrote: "Janet" wrote in message ... In article , says... Jeanne is concerned that this could be a weed (:-( http://www.flickr.com/photos/8130344...n/photostream/ Could anybody identify it please. Many thanks Pete Salvia... or maybe a penstemon. Would it matter if anything so pretty WAS a weed? The weeds are the two nettle spikes behind it, going to seed :-) Janet Thank you for your replies. I am now happy that it is Salvia - although I had previously been confused by the large leaves at the base of the plant. Hubby misunderstood me - I never thought it was a weed but I have found that in another bed it is becoming somewhat invasive by seeding itself everywhere - and once it develops it is almost impossible to dig out. However as I am slowly changing my view to gardening - from pristine beds to "cottagey" style, I suppose it doesn't matter. And yes - the nettle spikes have now been pulled out!!! Jeanne Jeanne if you can save some seed from it I'll happily buy some. It's beautiful! Pam in Bristol |
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who wrote ---
"Jeanne if you can save some seed from it I'll happily buy some. It's beautiful! Pam in Bristol " Sowing season now here - http://www.flickr.com/photos/8130344...n/photostream/ Come back here if you are still interested - we are happy to gift some without charge (and without guarantee ! ) Peter and Jeanne in Cheshire. |
Paging---- Pam Moore/ ( Dave Hill )
On 17/02/2013 17:13, Pete wrote:
who wrote --- "Jeanne if you can save some seed from it I'll happily buy some. It's beautiful! Pam in Bristol " Sowing season now here - http://www.flickr.com/photos/8130344...n/photostream/ Come back here if you are still interested - we are happy to gift some without charge (and without guarantee ! ) Peter and Jeanne in Cheshire. Why is my name added to Pam's? |
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