I.D Flowers please

pilbeam · #1 (**permalink**) 17-06-2010, 03:14 PM

All Growing wild in or around Beddington Park in Surrey. Can anyone help with I.D?

Hedera · #2 (**permalink**) 17-06-2010, 03:27 PM

The first one is Campanula portenschlagiana, a garden plant; grows in all the cracks of paving.
Second one is a Scilla, maybe siberica.

Dorts · #3 (**permalink**) 17-06-2010, 03:46 PM

I'll go along with 'Hedera's' 1 & 2.
3 is Phacelia tanacetifolia .
I think it's sometimes called the 'Bee Plant'.

Back · #4 (**permalink**) 17-06-2010, 04:02 PM

Ah yes, Scorpion Weed, from America and used in agriculture I think.

Tiggrx · #5 (**permalink**) 17-06-2010, 04:04 PM

2. looks like Lesser Glory-of-the-snow (Chionodoxa sardensis) to me

pilbeam · #6 (**permalink**) 17-06-2010, 04:54 PM

Thanks all. Thought they might be garden escapes. Forgot to mention that 2 was in bloom alongside the Snowdrops if that helps with a definite I.D. No3 is odd though as it has been planted en masse in a swathe across some waste ground with some british wild flowers. I assume it's intended to attract Butterflies or Birds. Could this be the case?

Back · #7 (**permalink**) 17-06-2010, 05:03 PM

(3) attracts beneficial insects such as hoverflies (biological control) I think.

It is also a good source of nectar and pollen for bees, so possibly there are some bee-keepers in that area, or someone else with a vested interest in bees?

pilbeam · #8 (**permalink**) 17-06-2010, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Back

(3) attracts beneficial insects such as hoverflies (biological control) I think.

It is also a good source of nectar and pollen for bees, so possibly there are some bee-keepers in that area, or someone else with a vested interest in bees?

Thanks. Sounds like that could be it. The swathe has been deliberately cut & planted with flowering plants so perhaps someone is intending to start producing Beddington park honey.