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CotswoldLass

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Can anyone identify this for me?
« on: May 25, 2016, 18:14:20 »
Might be a weed or might be something nice....?

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Re: Can anyone identify this for me?
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2016, 19:25:58 »
Looks like perennial cornflower to me (Centaurea). Definitely nice if it is a cultivar or even if it is the british native one. :happy7:

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Re: Can anyone identify this for me?
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2016, 20:08:40 »
I agree with Ed

This is it in flower




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Re: Can anyone identify this for me?
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2016, 21:30:28 »
A third vote for cornflower! :)

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Re: Can anyone identify this for me?
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2016, 15:37:41 »
Ah yes of course! Thank you all so much. They've just appeared. Looking forward to the flowers.
Really appreciated! CL  :happy7:

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Re: Can anyone identify this for me?
« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2016, 20:30:16 »
And here is ...drumroll...the first flower! Thanks again all. Any tips on how I can spread these around welcome. CLx

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Re: Can anyone identify this for me?
« Reply #6 on: June 12, 2016, 13:06:31 »
I know this as knapweed.

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Re: Can anyone identify this for me?
« Reply #7 on: June 12, 2016, 16:19:12 »
It will spread by itself if happy.  I have blue, white, pale pink and deep purple forms and find babies which I leave or move depending on where they appear.
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