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Post by rowanberry on May 23, 2015 10:34:37 GMT
Saw these growing in an open meadow-type field on a well-drained hillside in a North London park. They are small, quite a vivid blue, and were in amongst buttercups and red clover. Not wide-ranging throughout the whole field... they were only dotted about in a small area a little over a metre square.  |
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Post by shirl100 on May 23, 2015 14:21:24 GMT
I am no flower expert but I think it's Germander Speedwell, they are very pretty
Shirl
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Post by petecollins on May 23, 2015 15:21:39 GMT
I agree with Shirl, Germander Speedwell. I see them a lot here in the Chilterns (saw some today actually!), always a pleasure to see their striking blue flowers.
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Post by rowanberry on May 24, 2015 9:07:05 GMT
That's great, thanks! I googled it, and it turns out to be a species of Veronica, which I've got growing in the pond (Veronica Beccabunga- Brooklime). Similar sort of blue flowers.  |
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Post by earthdragon64 on May 24, 2015 18:47:36 GMT
Difficult to be absolutely sure without a good look at the leaves, but I'd go with Germander Speedwell. Veronica baccabunga, or Brooklime, usually grows in quite damp places, stream edges etc.
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Post by rowanberry on May 24, 2015 19:57:48 GMT
Sorry Audrey- I worded that badly, (I can't multitask to save my life, and that's what happens whenI go on the computer and try to keep an eye on dinner as its cooking at the same time!  What I meant to say is that I was interested to find out that the Germander Speedwell is also a species of Veronica, as is the Brooklime in my pond. |
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