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This has been in flower for the last few weeks.
It's growing about 6ft from the road at the base of a retaining wall. I took these pictures today in a spell of heavy sleet, so didn't take as much care as I might have done. http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...ownflowers.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...nflowers02.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...nflowers04.jpg David @ the mild and almost snow free end of Swansea Bay |
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"David Hill" wrote in message ... This has been in flower for the last few weeks. It's growing about 6ft from the road at the base of a retaining wall. I took these pictures today in a spell of heavy sleet, so didn't take as much care as I might have done. http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...ownflowers.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...nflowers02.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...nflowers04.jpg David @ the mild and almost snow free end of Swansea Bay Montbretia? I bit like mine but mine are orange -- -- http://www.shop.helpforheroes.org.uk/ |
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On 22/01/2013 20:07, Chris Hogg wrote:
Looks like wild garlic, aka three-cornered leek, Allium trifolium (but not the wild garlic that most people know, A. ursinum aka Ransoms). Crush the stems and it reeks of onions. Grows vigorously all over the place down here, and is a real pest and difficult to eradicate. Best sprayed with glyphosate in mid summer, so that the stuff gets take down to the bulbs as the leaves die back. Repeat as necessary (usually at least once). But I'm surprised to see it in flower so early. no its possibly allium quincer something or other, blinking invasive and just producing their flowering head here all over my front flower bed. More you pull out, accompanied by horrid onion smell, more seems to grow!! Awful thing, don't even THINK about planting it!! -- Janet T. Amersham |
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"David Hill" wrote
This has been in flower for the last few weeks. It's growing about 6ft from the road at the base of a retaining wall. I took these pictures today in a spell of heavy sleet, so didn't take as much care as I might have done. http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...ownflowers.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...nflowers02.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...nflowers04.jpg Looks like Leucojum vernum known as Snowflakes as apposed to Snowdrops. http://www.kew.org/plants-fungi/Leucojum-vernum.htm -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
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On 2013-01-22 19:06:35 +0000, David Hill said:
This has been in flower for the last few weeks. It's growing about 6ft from the road at the base of a retaining wall. I took these pictures today in a spell of heavy sleet, so didn't take as much care as I might have done. http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...ownflowers.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...nflowers02.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...nflowers04.jpg David @ the mild and almost snow free end of Swansea Bay Probably Leucojum vernum, the spring snowflake. If you google for pics of it you may recognise it. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 2013-01-22 23:09:10 +0000, Bob Hobden said:
"David Hill" wrote This has been in flower for the last few weeks. It's growing about 6ft from the road at the base of a retaining wall. I took these pictures today in a spell of heavy sleet, so didn't take as much care as I might have done. http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...ownflowers.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...nflowers02.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...nflowers04.jpg Looks like Leucojum vernum known as Snowflakes as apposed to Snowdrops. http://www.kew.org/plants-fungi/Leucojum-vernum.htm Sorry Bob, should have read the thread before I answered. But I think you're right. Perhaps being against the wall has given it some encouragement! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 22/01/2013 19:06, David Hill wrote:
This has been in flower for the last few weeks. It's growing about 6ft from the road at the base of a retaining wall. I took these pictures today in a spell of heavy sleet, so didn't take as much care as I might have done. http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...ownflowers.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...nflowers02.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...nflowers04.jpg David @ the mild and almost snow free end of Swansea Bay Looks like Allium triquetrum to me. I love it, but I know others find it invasive. A friend has lots of it (but relatively well behaved), whereas mine refuses to bulk up as much as I'd like. Hereabouts it generally flowers around Maytime. I'm astonished it's flowering now. http://www.wildflowersofireland.net/...Three-cornered -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
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"Janet" wrote ...
Bob Hobden said: "David Hill" wrote This has been in flower for the last few weeks. It's growing about 6ft from the road at the base of a retaining wall. I took these pictures today in a spell of heavy sleet, so didn't take as much care as I might have done. http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...ownflowers.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...nflowers02.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...nflowers04.jpg Looks like Leucojum vernum known as Snowflakes as apposed to Snowdrops. http://www.kew.org/plants-fungi/Leucojum-vernum.htm I don't think so Leucojums have quite distinct green or yellow spots, which I can't see on David or Bobs pics but you can see them here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucojum I agree with Chris it's a pesky allium. Break a bulb or crush leaves and sniff for onion/garlic smell. I can't say I've noticed any spots on ours, just pure white. I'll take a closer look in a month or so. -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
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On 23/01/2013 10:42, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-01-22 19:06:35 +0000, David Hill said: This has been in flower for the last few weeks. It's growing about 6ft from the road at the base of a retaining wall. I took these pictures today in a spell of heavy sleet, so didn't take as much care as I might have done. http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...ownflowers.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...nflowers02.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...nflowers04.jpg David @ the mild and almost snow free end of Swansea Bay Probably Leucojum vernum, the spring snowflake. If you google for pics of it you may recognise it. Definitely not that Sacha, The petals are the wrong shape and no spot, have a look at the flowers http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...nflowers05.jpg I'm going to have to get down and take more photos of the clump,smell the leaves, and look at the shape of the flower stems. As it's not mine I am not going to dig up any part of it. David |
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On 2013-01-23 16:17:50 +0000, Bob Hobden said:
"Janet" wrote ... Bob Hobden said: "David Hill" wrote This has been in flower for the last few weeks. It's growing about 6ft from the road at the base of a retaining wall. I took these pictures today in a spell of heavy sleet, so didn't take as much care as I might have done. http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...ownflowers.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...nflowers02.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...nflowers04.jpg Looks like Leucojum vernum known as Snowflakes as apposed to Snowdrops. http://www.kew.org/plants-fungi/Leucojum-vernum.htm I don't think so Leucojums have quite distinct green or yellow spots, which I can't see on David or Bobs pics but you can see them here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucojum I agree with Chris it's a pesky allium. Break a bulb or crush leaves and sniff for onion/garlic smell. I can't say I've noticed any spots on ours, just pure white. I'll take a closer look in a month or so. I don't recall any spots on ours, though there's a variety called Gravetye which has yellow spots. Otoh, here's a photo of Allium trifolium take in USA. David's find may be bowed down by snow & cold if it's this! http://www.nargs.org/nargswiki/tiki-...p?imageId=2802 -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 23/01/2013 18:12, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:26:47 +0000, Sacha wrote: On 2013-01-23 16:17:50 +0000, Bob Hobden said: I can't say I've noticed any spots on ours, just pure white. I'll take a closer look in a month or so. I don't recall any spots on ours, though there's a variety called Gravetye which has yellow spots. Otoh, here's a photo of Allium trifolium take in USA. David's find may be bowed down by snow & cold if it's this! http://www.nargs.org/nargswiki/tiki-...p?imageId=2802 That's not the A. trifolium I know. Maybe I got the name wrong. On further research, yes, I have! Internet let me down the first time. Try A. triquetrum. Lots of images here http://tinyurl.com/beqxvn2 (I was mislead by this: http://www.fotolibra.com/gallery/493...cornered-leek/) No. I thought you had it till I looked at the young flowers, in the link you posted they form as small bids on the stem, in my pic. they are sheathed http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...nflowers06.jpg David |
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On 23/01/2013 10:42, Sacha wrote:
Probably Leucojum vernum, the spring snowflake. If you google for pics of it you may recognise it. Still looks like Allium triquetrum to me scaha, about the right amount of developement at this time of the year too -- Janet T. Amersham |
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On 23/01/2013 19:09, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:46:55 +0000, David Hill wrote: On 23/01/2013 18:12, Chris Hogg wrote: On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:26:47 +0000, Sacha wrote: On 2013-01-23 16:17:50 +0000, Bob Hobden said: I can't say I've noticed any spots on ours, just pure white. I'll take a closer look in a month or so. I don't recall any spots on ours, though there's a variety called Gravetye which has yellow spots. Otoh, here's a photo of Allium trifolium take in USA. David's find may be bowed down by snow & cold if it's this! http://www.nargs.org/nargswiki/tiki-...p?imageId=2802 That's not the A. trifolium I know. Maybe I got the name wrong. On further research, yes, I have! Internet let me down the first time. Try A. triquetrum. Lots of images here http://tinyurl.com/beqxvn2 (I was mislead by this: http://www.fotolibra.com/gallery/493...cornered-leek/) No. I thought you had it till I looked at the young flowers, in the link you posted they form as small bids on the stem, in my pic. they are sheathed http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...nflowers06.jpg David Not sure which of the two links I posted you mean (and your particular picture comes up very small, unlike the three earlier ones). The second of my two links shows a fairly well developed flower-head, but they start life as a sheathed bud. Have a look at some of the images on the first (Tinyurl/Google) link, and in particular http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/t...ed-leek.26153/ and scroll down to the image, or several images here http://www.freenatureimages.eu/plant...-cornered-Leek. I'm pretty sure what you've got is A. triquetrum. The only thing that worries me is that it's in flower now. Where's SRH when you need him! Without an answer. I quickly considered and rejected Galanthus woronowii and Leucojum aestivum. It's flowering remarkably early, but I think it must be an Allium. Perhaps some close up photos would help. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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On 23/01/2013 20:35, Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
On 23/01/2013 19:09, Chris Hogg wrote: On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:46:55 +0000, David Hill wrote: On 23/01/2013 18:12, Chris Hogg wrote: On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:26:47 +0000, Sacha wrote: On 2013-01-23 16:17:50 +0000, Bob Hobden said: I can't say I've noticed any spots on ours, just pure white. I'll take a closer look in a month or so. I don't recall any spots on ours, though there's a variety called Gravetye which has yellow spots. Otoh, here's a photo of Allium trifolium take in USA. David's find may be bowed down by snow & cold if it's this! http://www.nargs.org/nargswiki/tiki-...p?imageId=2802 That's not the A. trifolium I know. Maybe I got the name wrong. On further research, yes, I have! Internet let me down the first time. Try A. triquetrum. Lots of images here http://tinyurl.com/beqxvn2 (I was mislead by this: http://www.fotolibra.com/gallery/493...cornered-leek/) No. I thought you had it till I looked at the young flowers, in the link you posted they form as small bids on the stem, in my pic. they are sheathed http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...nflowers06.jpg David Not sure which of the two links I posted you mean (and your particular picture comes up very small, unlike the three earlier ones). The second of my two links shows a fairly well developed flower-head, but they start life as a sheathed bud. Have a look at some of the images on the first (Tinyurl/Google) link, and in particular http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/t...ed-leek.26153/ and scroll down to the image, or several images here http://www.freenatureimages.eu/plant...-cornered-Leek. I'm pretty sure what you've got is A. triquetrum. The only thing that worries me is that it's in flower now. Where's SRH when you need him! Without an answer. I quickly considered and rejected Galanthus woronowii and Leucojum aestivum. It's flowering remarkably early, but I think it must be an Allium. Perhaps some close up photos would help. I will try to take more pics when the weather is better, The last were taken in heavy sleet so I didn't hang about, now we have another 2 or so inches of snow and have heavy rain forecast in the next few days. David |
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On 2013-01-23 18:12:46 +0000, Chris Hogg said:
On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:26:47 +0000, Sacha wrote: On 2013-01-23 16:17:50 +0000, Bob Hobden said: I can't say I've noticed any spots on ours, just pure white. I'll take a closer look in a month or so. I don't recall any spots on ours, though there's a variety called Gravetye which has yellow spots. Otoh, here's a photo of Allium trifolium take in USA. David's find may be bowed down by snow & cold if it's this! http://www.nargs.org/nargswiki/tiki-...p?imageId=2802 That's not the A. trifolium I know. Maybe I got the name wrong. On further research, yes, I have! Internet let me down the first time. Try A. triquetrum. Lots of images here http://tinyurl.com/beqxvn2 (I was mislead by this: http://www.fotolibra.com/gallery/493...cornered-leek/) Yes, I saw lots of those and wondered if it was the one you meant. It could be David's but still doesn't look quite right, imo. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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