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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #375 on: May 22, 2009, 09:42:03 AM »
I don't know what kind of thyme grows in shady places? None that I know. Where does your blue flower comfry? Perhaps it's a plant associated with big breaths?
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #376 on: May 22, 2009, 10:45:44 AM »
Probably right off track but I grew a red flowered mint that I seem to remember had flowers a bit like that  ::)
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #377 on: May 22, 2009, 11:24:13 AM »
Some kind of Ajuga maybe?
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #378 on: May 22, 2009, 11:53:07 PM »
While we are still puzzling over the blue bells, here what I spotted from the car as I was approaching Dunblane from Doune.
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #379 on: May 23, 2009, 09:22:38 AM »
Here is a picture of the whole plant then:
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #380 on: May 23, 2009, 10:45:05 AM »
While we are still puzzling over the blue bells, here what I spotted from the car as I was approaching Dunblane from Doune.
Anthony, whatever you saw must be so small (may be a caterpillar?) or may be I need new glasses 8)  but not sun glasses ;D

Of course, I was looking for wildlife......on second look there are drifts of flowers near the fence - bluebells?.... not sure....  ::)
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #381 on: May 23, 2009, 10:55:46 AM »
Here is a picture of the whole plant then:

A lovely plant puzzle Luit - very handsome but I'm still wondering what it is  ::)
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #382 on: May 23, 2009, 11:02:01 AM »
Here's the next pic.
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #383 on: May 23, 2009, 11:04:27 AM »
Here is a picture of the whole plant then:
Salvia pratensis?
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #384 on: May 23, 2009, 11:43:11 AM »
mentioning bluebells there is a big hill/small mountain called Knocklayd in N Ireland that has a massive patch, many acres, of bluebells on it's side. It's amazing to see when they are in full flower
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #385 on: May 23, 2009, 12:52:39 PM »
I still don't know  what Luit's puzzle plant is! Not an exagerated enough lip and hood for a Salvia, I don't think..... :-\ :-X

On another puzzling matter:
I was asked about a photo which appeared somewhere  in the Forum in the last while, of an unknown person, bending over, weeding, I think: can anyone remember where that photo was and if we got an answer as to who the weeder was??
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #386 on: May 23, 2009, 12:59:11 PM »
Anthony - don't think they are blue bells or even hair bells... wood anemone  ???
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #387 on: May 23, 2009, 01:29:05 PM »
For Luit's puzzle... one of the Nepeta family?
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #388 on: May 23, 2009, 03:05:53 PM »
You could say this is an annual event?
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #389 on: May 23, 2009, 03:16:44 PM »
Anthony, is it  Cardamine?
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