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simon404

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Whats this?
« on: July 12, 2010, 23:29:35 »
Anyone know the name of this flower?


simon404

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Re: Whats this?
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2010, 23:30:45 »
Forgot to say it's about an inch accross

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Re: Whats this?
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2010, 23:59:37 »
it looks like Silene coeli-rosa (according to rhs book) 5 petals and foliage the same.

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Re: Whats this?
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2010, 11:31:21 »
is it ruby flax?

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Re: Whats this?
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2010, 12:05:59 »
I think Sunloving has identified it, I've got the same growing in the front garden (sown from a packet of Flax seeds).

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Re: Whats this?
« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2010, 20:39:59 »
Flax it is, thanks for jogging my memory  :)

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Re: Whats this?
« Reply #6 on: July 15, 2010, 14:36:06 »
Flax or linum
When I get old I don't want people thinking
                      "What a sweet little old lady"........
                             I want em saying
                    "Oh Crap! Whats she up to now ?"

 

anything
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