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Plantaholic Sheila

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Dainty pale blue flowers
« on: September 17, 2018, 05:14:07 PM »




Please can someone id this dainty pale blue flower.
Seen in a garden in Glen Prossen...on 9th August.
2 pics have been pruned to see detail more clearly.
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Re: Dainty pale blue flowers
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2018, 05:42:53 PM »
Nice colour form of Horminum I think.
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Re: Dainty pale blue flowers
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2018, 05:58:07 PM »
That looks spot on...Horminum pyrenaicum.......comprising a single species. Common names include Dragonmouth and Pyrenean Dead-nettle.
This species is native to the Pyrenees and Alps in western Europe.
Many thanks Maggie.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Horminum_pyrenaicum_alboviolaceum_(19506993210).jpg

Elizabeth Mcgregor is selling a beautiful form....

https://www.elizabethmacgregornursery.co.uk/shop/index.php?page=24

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horminum
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Re: Dainty pale blue flowers
« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2018, 06:14:33 PM »
Oh yes, that form from Elizabeth  McGregor looks like the one you pictured. I  love it!
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Re: Dainty pale blue flowers
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2018, 11:47:36 AM »
Horminum pyrenaicum album.


We obtained ours from Tallinn Botanic Garden and I have sent seed to the Seed Exchange for several years.
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Re: Dainty pale blue flowers
« Reply #5 on: September 18, 2018, 01:35:50 PM »
Quote from: shelagh on September 18, 2018, 11:47:36 AM
Horminum pyrenaicum album.


We obtained ours from Tallinn Botanic Garden and I have sent seed to the Seed Exchange for several years.

Thank you Shelagh for confirming it is Horminum pyrenaicum
I actually feel that with the white tube and violet /blue mouth Horminum pyrenaicum f. alboviolaceum is actually spot on with what I saw.
See links in my post above.
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