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Wildflower identification..

  • 13-06-2010 8:03pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41


    Can anyone identify this? I planted a wildflower garden and loads of these came up, but I can't find it on the website's species list. It looked like a thistle before all the small flowers appeared.
    Wildflower.jpg


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,095 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Its very pretty. Check up phacelia tanacetifolia and see if you agree it is much the same. I have not seen it in Ireland but it seemed familiar from seeing it in Vermont in the States, and I found it on a website of wildflowers of Vermont. There is a better pic here though http://theseedsite.co.uk/profile410.html


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41 Anduril


    Thanks looksee. If that's not it, then it's practically identical. I was hoping it was a perennial, but the site you posted might help me to gather some seed.
    I appreciate the help.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,498 ✭✭✭Mothman


    I just know it as Phacelia. Fantastic for bees and other insects.
    It is an annual. I grow it as green manure


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41 Anduril


    Yeah, the bees go mad for it alright. And,as green manure, it's probably nicer to look at (and smell..) than a field covered in fresh slurry. I must mention it to the farmer next door...


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