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Fractal Top Member Posts: 1,859	Wild Flowers Jun 30, 2011 7:07:46 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Fractal on Jun 30, 2011 7:07:46 GMT Yes, this one is Umbilicus rupestris (Navel wort or Wall Pennywort). Nice plant and occurs in the west of Britain. Nice plant grindle

Fractal Top Member Posts: 1,859	Wild Flowers Jun 30, 2011 7:08:52 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Fractal on Jun 30, 2011 7:08:52 GMT Don't like the over use of the word nice!....lol

hywel Guest	Wild Flowers Jun 30, 2011 7:12:40 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by hywel on Jun 30, 2011 7:12:40 GMT It's called Wall Pennywort - Umbilicus rupestris

hywel Guest	Wild Flowers Jun 30, 2011 7:13:52 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by hywel on Jun 30, 2011 7:13:52 GMT Oh sorry. It's been answered. Didn't notice lol

Fractal Top Member Posts: 1,859	Wild Flowers Jun 30, 2011 7:19:05 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Fractal on Jun 30, 2011 7:19:05 GMT

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Wild Flowers Jun 30, 2011 7:28:38 GMT

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Jun 30, 2011 7:03:31 GMT grindle said:

Have you by any chance got a name for this? I took the picture Sunday, but I get loads of them growing in my front wall too, I really like them

I have lots of these too, they seem to like the lime mortar in the walls.

The word 'nice' is one of my pet hates too, I still catch myself using it every so often

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Wild Flowers Jun 30, 2011 8:41:15 GMT

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Jun 29, 2011 21:29:32 GMT Fractal said:

This is a pic of a mature open clock I took quite a few years ago and submitted to an American garden site. The copyright stamp isn't mine, it's put on automatically by the site!

Beautiful structure I think you will agree

You may remember SteveN from the last forum I posted a picture of the clock of Tragopogon porrifolius (you identified it for me ;D). You can see they are the same family -

Hertfordshire

peony Top Member Posts: 4,719	Wild Flowers Jun 30, 2011 8:44:10 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by peony on Jun 30, 2011 8:44:10 GMT This is the flower -
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merlin Top Member Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." Posts: 2,797	Wild Flowers Jun 30, 2011 8:51:50 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by merlin on Jun 30, 2011 8:51:50 GMT WF, try Pennywort

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Wild Flowers Jun 30, 2011 10:45:35 GMT

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T. porrifolius is an attractive species with those lovely large lilac-purple flowers peony. I'd forgotten about the earlier id

There's a lovely species from Sicily called T. crocifolius with bronzy-red flowers. If I ever go there I'll get some seed....

grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,747	Wild Flowers Jun 30, 2011 11:27:58 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on Jun 30, 2011 11:27:58 GMT ;D thanks muchly folks that's very nice of you

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Wild Flowers Jun 30, 2011 18:58:07 GMT

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Jun 30, 2011 10:45:35 GMT Fractal said:

T. porrifolius is an attractive species with those lovely large lilac-purple flowers peony. I'd forgotten about the earlier id

There's a lovely species from Sicily called T. crocifolius with bronzy-red flowers. If I ever go there I'll get some seed....

I looked this up Steve, its very exotic looking and I like the contrasting yellow tips to the petals and stamens. I see Sarah Raven sells the seeds ;D, but it might be more enjoyable to collect them in Sicily

Hertfordshire

Fractal Top Member Posts: 1,859	Wild Flowers Jul 6, 2011 7:55:42 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Fractal on Jul 6, 2011 7:55:42 GMT Indeed Peony Sorry folks! Probably should have entitled this wild flower of the month :/ One coming up soon!

Cherry Global Moderator Posts: 17,970	Wild Flowers Jul 6, 2011 21:03:16 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cherry on Jul 6, 2011 21:03:16 GMT Super topic SteveN.

Fractal Top Member Posts: 1,859	Wild Flowers Jul 8, 2011 17:35:12 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Fractal on Jul 8, 2011 17:35:12 GMT Thanks Cherry.

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