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My camera is out of action at the mo but I've found some flowers and don't
know what they are, they were growing through cracks in the paving under last year's hanging baskets were at my local pub and I think they've seeded from this. They're about a foot tall, with mixed coloured flowers, the leaves are pointy and thin almost like grass, the leaves are about an inch long, the stems seem woody and sturdy, not floppy or succulent if that makes sense. The flowers look like antirrhinum but I've googled for flowers similar to antirrhinum and/or snapdragons and had no success. They don't have masses of flowers just a few unlike antirrhinum, most of them are purple, but some are yellow and one is yellow and pink on the same bloom. I've rescued them and they are now sitting in pots of compost in my greenhouse, I'll put them in the front garden when they pick up a bit and then in autumn I'll collect seeds now that I know they are viable and next year hopeully grow a load for family and freinds, but obviously it would be nice to have a name, anyone any pointers? |
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Phil L wrote:
I've managed to upload a photo: http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2nq5...9#.VzyzvkiANv4 I have other photos but I'll have to edit them if anyone wants them uploaded |
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On 18/05/16 19:27, Phil L wrote:
Phil L wrote: I've managed to upload a photo: http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2nq5...9#.VzyzvkiANv4 I have other photos but I'll have to edit them if anyone wants them uploaded Looks like a Linaria to me, but I don't know which one. -- Jeff |
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Jeff Layman wrote:
On 18/05/16 19:27, Phil L wrote: Phil L wrote: I've managed to upload a photo: http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2nq5...9#.VzyzvkiANv4 I have other photos but I'll have to edit them if anyone wants them uploaded Looks like a Linaria to me, but I don't know which one. Just googled images and you are probably right, I'll have a proper look tomorrow as I have to go out now, cheers Jeff! |
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On 18/05/2016 19:32, Jeff Layman wrote:
On 18/05/16 19:27, Phil L wrote: Phil L wrote: I've managed to upload a photo: http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2nq5...9#.VzyzvkiANv4 I have other photos but I'll have to edit them if anyone wants them uploaded Looks like a Linaria to me, but I don't know which one. I suspect Linaria maroccana. -- SRH |
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Phil L wrote:
My camera is out of action at the mo but I've found some flowers and don't know what they are, they were growing through cracks in the paving under last year's hanging baskets were at my local pub and I think they've seeded from this. They're about a foot tall, with mixed coloured flowers, the leaves are pointy and thin almost like grass, the leaves are about an inch long, the stems seem woody and sturdy, not floppy or succulent if that makes sense. The flowers look like antirrhinum but I've googled for flowers similar to antirrhinum and/or snapdragons and had no success. They don't have masses of flowers just a few unlike antirrhinum, most of them are purple, but some are yellow and one is yellow and pink on the same bloom. I've rescued them and they are now sitting in pots of compost in my greenhouse, I'll put them in the front garden when they pick up a bit and then in autumn I'll collect seeds now that I know they are viable and next year hopeully grow a load for family and freinds, but obviously it would be nice to have a name, anyone any pointers? Thanks to all who replied, given that there's such an array of colours, I've a feeling it's just a mixed bag, typing 'linaria mixed' into google brings up linaria fairy bouquet mixed, {1} which appears to be filed under 'seeds for kids' so should suit my gardening skills :-) there's a pack cntaining 6300 seeds from suttons for £1.75, hardy down to -15 and drought resistant so pretty much idiot proof, I'm going to order some for the borders which have been taken over by wildflowers. Everything that drops a seed grows inbetween the paving in my garden, it's currently a mass of forget-me-nots and hundreds of mimulus tigrinis (tiger monkey flower)[2], they all grow like weeds in every crack. I've a feeling that next year they'll be vying for space with half a million Linaria {1} http://gardeners.s3.amazonaws.com/p/FLSLIN2049_3.jpg [2] https://img1.etsystatic.com/006/0/69...74313_lx82.jpg |
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