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Flower id please
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Flower id please
On 06/07/2018 16:48, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Fri, 6 Jul 2018 02:38:37 -0700 (PDT), stuart noble wrote: Very common I know but the name eludes me http://i68.tinypic.com/3505fr5.jpg Many thanks I'm assuming it's a wild flower, not a garden plant. My first reaction was campion, but campion doesn't have clusters of flowers like that, and the flowers don't look quite right. I'm puzzled, unless it's a campion relative - alpine catchfly, lychnis alpina, which it might well be. Images here https://tinyurl.com/yblpfvsg SRH will be along shortly under his new alias to tell you what it really is! Valarien maybe? -- Charlie Pridham Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk |
Flower id please
On Friday, July 6, 2018 at 5:53:03 PM UTC+1, Charlie Pridham wrote:
On 06/07/2018 16:48, Chris Hogg wrote: On Fri, 6 Jul 2018 02:38:37 -0700 (PDT), stuart noble wrote: Very common I know but the name eludes me http://i68.tinypic.com/3505fr5.jpg Many thanks I'm assuming it's a wild flower, not a garden plant. My first reaction was campion, but campion doesn't have clusters of flowers like that, and the flowers don't look quite right. I'm puzzled, unless it's a campion relative - alpine catchfly, lychnis alpina, which it might well be. Images here https://tinyurl.com/yblpfvsg SRH will be along shortly under his new alias to tell you what it really is! Valarien maybe? -- Charlie Pridham Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk Thanks, Charlie. I hear it grows wild down your way. |
Flower id please
On 06/07/2018 17:53, Charlie Pridham wrote:
On 06/07/2018 16:48, Chris Hogg wrote: On Fri, 6 Jul 2018 02:38:37 -0700 (PDT), stuart noble wrote: Very common I know but the name eludes me http://i68.tinypic.com/3505fr5.jpg Many thanks I'm assuming it's a wild flower, not a garden plant. My first reaction was campion, but campion doesn't have clusters of flowers like that, and the flowers don't look quite right. I'm puzzled, unless it's a campion relative - alpine catchfly, lychnis alpina, which it might well be. Images here https://tinyurl.com/yblpfvsg SRH will be along shortly under his new alias to tell you what it really is! Valarien maybe? Nearly - red valerian (Centranthus ruber). [Easier to identify from an in situ photograph, but I'm fairly certain. It's fairly common as a garden edge plant/pavement weed.] -- SRH |
Flower id please
On 07/07/2018 15:49, Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
On 06/07/2018 17:53, Charlie Pridham wrote: On 06/07/2018 16:48, Chris Hogg wrote: On Fri, 6 Jul 2018 02:38:37 -0700 (PDT), stuart noble wrote: Very common I know but the name eludes me http://i68.tinypic.com/3505fr5.jpg Many thanks I'm assuming it's a wild flower, not a garden plant. My first reaction was campion, but campion doesn't have clusters of flowers like that, and the flowers don't look quite right. I'm puzzled, unless it's a campion relative - alpine catchfly, lychnis alpina, which it might well be. Images here https://tinyurl.com/yblpfvsg SRH will be along shortly under his new alias to tell you what it really is! Valarien maybe? Nearly - red valerian (Centranthus ruber). [Easier to identify from an in situ photograph, but I'm fairly certain. It's fairly common as a garden edge plant/pavement weed.] Thats the one I meant (should have used the Latin name - sorry) yes it grows wild in red pink or white and can become a bit of a nuisance -- Charlie Pridham Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk |
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