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FOR IRISH!!!!

Here it is - I just dashed out in the rain and took a (bad) photo - can you find it in your bargain book, Eileen???



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amy
Amy
 

It looks like sea lavender that grows wild on our coast !!

3 Aug, 2009

 

So how did it get in my flowerbed, then, Amy? Birds? Wind? The Postman? LOL.

3 Aug, 2009

amy
Amy
 

I was joking Barbara , how tall is it ? no ! it couldn,t be sea lavender grows in salty sand , it looks lovely spread across the shore , you can pick bunches and then let it dry .. , a bit like Statice ( Limonium ) actually yours does look more like Statice ...

3 Aug, 2009

 

So was I! lol. I'm hoping that Eileen will use her book...

It's not Statice, though, I don't think. I'm sure it's a native plant. I certainly didn't plant it, and I can't see the leaves, if there are any. It's quite small, only about 6"?

3 Aug, 2009

amy
Amy
 

So is Sea lavender Barbara ! you sure you haven,t got a sandpit under there .......LOL.....

3 Aug, 2009

 

LOL. How strange! Where's Eileen to help us???

3 Aug, 2009

 

im backkkkkkkkkkkk, sorry Barbabra, didnt get back online last night ,
i dont think it is sea lavender lol. ill look thru the book now.
hope you didnt get too soaked last night

4 Aug, 2009

 

well so far it looks like a Military Orchid ,but ill keep looking lol

4 Aug, 2009

 

just looking at a plant here in the book and the flower heads look the same, called spring speedwell. if you google it Barbara you might be able to tell

4 Aug, 2009

 

Thanks - I'll take a look. :-) Thanks for the PM, by the way!

4 Aug, 2009

 

Try Limonium latifolium, Spritz. If it is, the flowers will appear to be 'everlasting' and take ages to open (if at all)

10 Aug, 2009

 

OK, Vincent! Thanks!

11 Aug, 2009



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