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Want to share your gardening exploits with the rest of us, got a question about a plant or looking for some ideas on gardening for wildlife or do you just want to show off your garden? Well then the greenfingers forum is for you.
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What better way to introduce your garden than posting a picture or tour of your own little patch of nature. So whatever garden space you have be it balcony, patio or postage stamp garden to acres of lovingly tended garden space, it would be great to see what you are getting up to! Here is a quick glimpse into my garden to get the ball rolling...
Plants are a dwarf gorse and a berberris and these are common frogs!
Warden Intern at Otmoor.
Why do you need to move it Alan, I'd leave it, it'll attract something!! Also have a look in a neighbour's garden, over the fence, and see if something similar is growing there
Pat Adams - Flickr - BLOG
Possibly through a bird as well!!!
I've stopped for a while am watching a teeny squirrel munching away on my feeder outside the window, must be the baby of the one that visited a couple of weeks ago.
Nice, looks like orange hawkweed to me, i'd love that in my lawn or borders!
The Poppy (Papaver) is a keeper it's an ornamental poppy Mine is just beginning to flower, Is the other yellow or orange?
Alan, having a look around a few sources it appears to be listed as a non-native to the UK but it is a European plant. Most problems with it as an invasive have cropped up abroad in the USA, Australia and New Zealand. I found the below info/fact sheet on the NonNative Species Secretariat website after a few failed searches for orange hawkweed, it prefers fox and cubs or the latin name!
https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/nonnativespecies/factsheet/factsheet.cfm?speciesId=2703
Pretty plant with a few flags raised on it's spread around the globe but as the fact sheet shows, in the UK they don't list any major concerns...but best not to further it's spread just in case!
I wouldn't go that far just yet Alan, it's widely established in the UK and there is no government call to destroy them, they are pretty popular with bees as well so i'd leave it for now. If you are concerned about it, have a word with our friends at Plantlife to see what they think!
Hi all, here are a couple more from the wild flower seed collection. As usual these cultivated seeds always seem to produce much larger versions than the wild equivalent. This is Ribwort Plaintain, the wild version absolutely covers coastal meadows beside the Southwest Coast Path here. The other you might be able to help me identify
Ribwort Plantain above
Can anyone identify for me...I thought maybe Phlox?
I know this may be a silly question , but where will I get teasles from ?
Looks like Mint