The flower of Essex.

Beautiful........

their lovely Toto

Thank you both. These are growin at the place I work and they are the official flower of Essex.

Lovely colour...

How Wonderful 2 see Wild Poppies Toto :)

Is that true Toto......I have never heard that before........

Thanks TT and Jacque. I agree as so many have disappeared as they are treated as weeds by farmers and it is mostly in areas which are not cultivated that you get them now.

I believe it is Milky as the last time that I went to Hampton Court there was an Essex stall and the young lady attendant told me this and gave me a free packet of poppy seeds.

That's intriguing, Toto - does every county have an offical flower, I wonder.

Now thats a Point Gee ? I wonder if Norfolk has 1 ? I know Birth Signs have their on Flowers :)

OMG Toto iv just been on Wikipedia & it tells u all the UK Counties Flowers on there & Norfolk is the same as Essex! Common Poppy :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_flowers_of_the_United_Kingdom

I've just followed that link, Jacque, and Kent has the hop! I'm not very impressed with that :(

Why not Gee its still a wild flower which is lovely & it can make u drunk lol :)

I think its because they are often draped around pubs and they look dull and dusty! I would choose something like Verbena bori...(whatever), or primroses, or one of the lovely hardy geraniums :)

MMMmmmmmmm yes they are lovely Plants are`nt they :) Id of liked the Foxgloves or Primerose 2 :)

Take alook & see what your Birth Sign Flower is Gee :) I already know mine :) http://horoscopes.aol.com/astrology/flowers-aries-taurus-gemini-cancer-leo

I knew about Lily of the Valley, Jacque but not the others. Nut-bearing trees sounds appropriate :)

Gentianella germanica for Bucks - very pretty. Would like it in my garden.

So would I Wagger, that is if I could pronounce it.

How about Chiltern Gentian, Toto? Do you notice over the years how the same plant is pronounced six different ways by six different professional gardeners?

Thanks Wagger. I was having trouble, but now I've put my teeth in, will probably manage "Chiltern Gentian".

Lol.