Hello Folks! Flowers not only decorate our meadows, our woodlands, our roadsides with splashes of colour, but they also provide food and shelter for a whole host of insects. We have only to look at UK flowers to appreciate their beauty, their scent, their diversity.Each Monday for 12 weeks I will be posting a little teaser for you. Without looking in books or on the internet (i.e - no cheating), see if you can identify the UK flower. On Wednesday, so as long as no-one has guessed it, I will post one clue. On Friday I will post the answer along with some additional information for your interest.Keep a note of each species, as I will be asking which is the odd one out at the end of the quiz.MYSTERY FLOWER QUIZ#8Slice in a cone.
First guess is Honeysuckle
Ray
a good laugh is better than a tonic
Crikey, this is going to be a tough one. My first thought was Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) but since this is a garden flower and not native I've rejected that. Cone might indicate a Raceme type of plant or something with a spike but other than that I've no idea. Don't forget guys that an animal, bird or similar will be include in the name somewhere.
Where's Marjus when you you need her. Oh yes, in Scotland, how dare she.
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Tony
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This one has me really stumped..Mrs T is back on form.
Cin J
thank goodness I thought I was the only one.
could be worth cecking for anagrammes, slice in a cone could mean slice and cone together,but I can't see anything.
also do conifers have flowers that change to cones or flowers on the cones
Well they have cone shaped flowers, I was thinking anagram as well but drawing a blank. I have a couple of very vague thought but am not entirely sure they a native wildflowers. I may have to wait until tomorrow for another clue
Caroline in Jersey
Slice a cone and you get seed, There is a plant called All Seed
So ALL SEED for now
, but like Caroline need a clue
Well I never, what's with you lot this week?, well I dunno!! Going to have think of clue now......
I blame the wind and rain Mrs T, it has washed all my useable brain cells away.
Hehe... and that will be my excuse for my clue tomorrow!
Your like a wild rose Mrs T
But you can get frustrated trying to pick you lol