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Assistance with Spanish beach species please.
« on: May 30, 2012, 08:18:08 AM »
Could anyone assist with the identities of these two plants photographed on a Spanish beach please?  (Near Malaga).
Cliff Booker
Behind a camera in Whitworth. Lancashire. England.

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Re: Assistance with Spanish beach species please.
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2012, 09:45:20 AM »
Hi Cliff, don't tell me that you did not recognize a Gazania flower  ???   :P :-X
And number two must be Lotus berthelotii, which you should try as plant in a hanging basket. Flowers all summer and is beautyful.
Luit van Delft, right in the heart of the beautiful flowerbulb district, Noordwijkerhout, Holland.

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Re: Assistance with Spanish beach species please.
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2012, 09:58:36 AM »
Sorry Luit,
I knew it was a Gazania, but was wondering if it was a species (G. rigens perhaps) or an escapee garden hybrid?
Your second identification seems to suggest that these have both escaped from a planter or garden display as they were growing side by side near the beach wall.
Many thanks for your help and kindest regards from all your friends in Lancashire.
Cliff Booker
Behind a camera in Whitworth. Lancashire. England.

 


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