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20-06-2010, 09:08 PM
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| | | Purple Loosestrife
Does anyone know if this is purple loosestrife or purple toadflax?  |
20-06-2010, 09:10 PM
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| | | Re: Purple Loosestrife
Looks like neither! Rose Bay Willowherb for me.
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21-06-2010, 04:51 AM
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| |  Re: Purple Loosestrife
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Originally Posted by Jim Ford  Looks like neither! Rose Bay Willowherb for me.
Jim | Agree Rosebay. |
21-06-2010, 05:53 PM
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| | | Re: Purple Loosestrife
I think the nickname for that is Fireweed.
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21-06-2010, 06:35 PM
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| | Re: Purple Loosestrife
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Originally Posted by Beekeeper I think the nickname for that is Fireweed.
Ian | That's right- famous for when it colonised the bomb sites during the war in London. |
21-06-2010, 06:35 PM
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| | | Re: Purple Loosestrife
I agree, and one of the key things is very simple. It is just too big and coarse an inflorescence to be loosestrife.
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21-06-2010, 10:48 PM
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| | | Re: Purple Loosestrife
Thanks, I am sure I will be able to tell the difference between all these plants in the fullness of time. |
22-06-2010, 06:26 PM
| | Frozen | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Brockenhurst
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| | | Re: Purple Loosestrife
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Originally Posted by aeshna5 That's right- famous for when it colonised the bomb sites during the war in London. | That was something i didn't know aeshna, interesting info.
Thanks
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