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Post by granddadscott on Jul 13, 2015 10:15:40 GMT
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Post by granddadscott on Jul 13, 2015 21:38:45 GMT
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Post by aeshna5 on Jul 14, 2015 4:53:37 GMT
The second is Common Centaury. The first looks vaguely familiar but can't place it- I'm sure an alien.
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Post by alf1951 on Jul 14, 2015 6:09:53 GMT
Sorry - no idea of the name but I've got one too! Think it is probably a cultivated plant as it was given to me by a lady in Alston (so it must be hardy!) many years ago. It's non-invasive and has never increased but neither has it succumbed to the jungle that surrounds it. Disappears in Winter but comes up year after year to a height of about four feet. Lower down the stem it produces a whorl of leaflets just visible in the second photo. Alf
 unknown flower01 by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr  unknown flower02 by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr |
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Post by aeshna5 on Jul 14, 2015 16:38:15 GMT
Alf- yours is Jacob's Ladder, Polemonium caeruleum. It is a scarce native but frequently grown in gardens, so also naturalised.
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Post by alf1951 on Jul 15, 2015 4:57:03 GMT
Thanks for that aeshna. Interesting that it does appear in one of my gardening books but not in a wildflower book. Having now read up on it a bit on the web, I note that many gardeners report it seeding itself "all over the place" and forming large "clumps" - mine has never done either. Maybe the competition is too much for it here. I also note that it usually grows to about 2 feet tall - my specimen certainly doubles that!
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Post by granddadscott on Jul 15, 2015 14:13:45 GMT
Thanks one and all.
alf1951 The one i found conforms with the height of the usual ones and was on the side of a pile of top soil taken from a clay quarry site.
May take a look and see if I can collect some seed before they move the soil again.
Cheers
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