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Old 23-09-2007, 12:36 PM
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Re: Which Wild Flower! Clicka15 came up desert Island Wildflowers. Your Choice of 8 Wild Flowers you would have on your Desert Island. Your Favourite Gardening Book and luxury Gardening Item (i.e Garden Dnome).
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Old 23-09-2007, 02:23 PM
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Re: Desert Island WildFlowers
1.Tufted Vetch (Viccia Cracca)
2.Foxgloves (Digitalis Purpurea)
3.Opposite Leaved golden-Saxifrage (Chrysosplenium Oppositifolium)
4.Blue Bells (Hyacinthoides Non-Scripta)
5.Marsh Gentian (Gentiana Pneumonanthe)
6.Cowslip (Primula Veris)
7.Common Knapweed (Centurea Nigra)
8. I'd swap Wildflower for Bracken

Gardening Book- Stickey Wicket 'Gardening In Tune With Nature'. Author Pam Lewis. A Truely Stunning Gardener Of Our Time.

Luxury Item. Would Have to Go to the Sythe for the harvest Time In the Meadows.
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Old 23-09-2007, 05:57 PM
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Re: Desert Island WildFlowers
1. Heather
2. Harebell
3. Primrose
4. Wild Daffodil
5. Bluebell
6. Dog Rose
7. Foxglove
8. Meadow Cranesbill

Best book: anything by Geoff Hamilton

Best tool: Felco secateurs

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Old 23-09-2007, 06:23 PM
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1. Heather
2. Harebell
3. Primrose
4. Wild Daffodil
5. Bluebell
6. Dog Rose
7. Foxglove
8. Meadow Cranesbill

Best book: anything by Geoff Hamilton

Best tool: Felco secateurs

Regards, Chris
Got a huge hunch that secateurs will be the luxury choice amongst most Vgood Gardeners!
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Old 23-09-2007, 06:35 PM
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Got a huge hunch that secateurs will be the luxury choice amongst most Vgood Gardeners!
I drool at those Felcos everytime I go to the garden centre, but I have real trouble convincing the missus of their beauty and abundant qualities!

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Old 23-09-2007, 06:46 PM
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I drool at those Felcos everytime I go to the garden centre, but I have real trouble convincing the missus of their beauty and abundant qualities!

Regards, Chris
Oh well.SSHH If there's one thing that i Know your lovely wife will be off like a light at the store . So get your self a basket, purchase and proof the point! She'll thank you for it when convinced!
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Re: Desert Island WildFlowers
1) Scarlet Pimpernel - Anagallis arvensis
2) Round-headed Rampion - Phyteuma orbiculare
3) Marsh Gentian - Gentiana pneumonanthe
4) Autumn Gentian - Gentianella amarella
5) Oblong-leaved Sundew - Drosera intermedia
6) Autumn Lady's Tresses - Spirathes spiralis
7) Sainfoin - Onobrychis viciifolia
8) Cheddar Pink - Dianthus gratianopolitanus

Book = Downland in Flower - W.Macleod

Tool - Magnifying Glass!
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Old 24-09-2007, 01:09 AM
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1) Scarlet Pimpernel - Anagallis arvensis
2) Round-headed Rampion - Phyteuma orbiculare
3) Marsh Gentian - Gentiana pneumonanthe
4) Autumn Gentian - Gentianella amarella
5) Oblong-leaved Sundew - Drosera intermedia
6) Autumn Lady's Tresses - Spirathes spiralis
7) Sainfoin - Onobrychis viciifolia
8) Cheddar Pink - Dianthus gratianopolitanus

Book = Downland in Flower - W.Macleod

Tool - Magnifying Glass!
Most intrigued by No.1 everyone has a soft spot! Why yours? Cheddar Pink would love to see wild Dianthus
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Old 24-09-2007, 10:33 AM
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Re: Desert Island WildFlowers
I simply love the look of it and it was one of the first flowers I identified when I started getting interested in Botany.

Thats All!!!!
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Re: Desert Island WildFlowers
1 - Foxglove
2 - Poppy
3 - Wolfsbane
4 - Betony
5 - Self-Heal
6 - Harebell
7 - Bluebell
8 - Snapdragon
+ I'd smuggle a few others in.
Book - Desert Island Gardening - TBA
Tool - Binoculars

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Re: Desert Island WildFlowers
1 Verticordia grandis (Scarlet Feather flower)
2 Caladenia roei (Clown Orchid)
3 Lechenaultia formosa (Red Lechenaultia)
4 Schoenia cassiniana (Rose everlasting)
5 Waitzia acuminata (no English name)
6 Banksia menzesei (Firewood Banksia)
7 Calothamnus quadrifidus (Common Net Bush)
8 Hemiphora elderi (Red Velvet)

Too many red flowers I know but in the wild they look so good.
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1 Verticordia grandis (Scarlet Feather flower)
2 Caladenia roei (Clown Orchid)
3 Lechenaultia formosa (Red Lechenaultia)
4 Schoenia cassiniana (Rose everlasting)
5 Waitzia acuminata (no English name)
6 Banksia menzesei (Firewood Banksia)
7 Calothamnus quadrifidus (Common Net Bush)
8 Hemiphora elderi (Red Velvet)

Too many red flowers I know but in the wild they look so good.
Do you Have a favourite garden related book & implement Peter?
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Re: Desert Island WildFlowers
1. Lady's Bedstraw
2. Common Toadflax
3. Greater Periwinkle
4. Evening Primrose
5. Agrimony
6. Bluebell
7. Foxglove
8. Scarlet Primpernel

Book ...Edible plants of desert islands...and eventually a boat

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Re: Desert Island WildFlowers
[quote=juliejam;174625]1. Lady's Bedstraw
2. Common Toadflax
3. Greater Periwinkle
4. Evening Primrose
5. Agrimony
6. Bluebell
7. Foxglove
8. Scarlet Primpernel

Book ...Edible plants of desert islands...and eventually a boat

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