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12 years 10 months ago - 12 years 10 months ago #109031 by The Time Capturer

photobod wrote: Having started to photograph flowers I must start to identify them, thats a great story about the three different colours, maybe if you found a new plant they would name it after you :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

I have found this site www.mywildflowers.com/

Can anyone recommend any other sites please


I like how that website is set up.

Unfortunately, aside from Wikipedia, my reference sites are mainly Canadian and probably won't help you out any.

Also, I don't think they're different plants because the same plants the next year went back to blue. It's weird.

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12 years 10 months ago #109033 by The Time Capturer

Screamin Scott wrote:

The Time Capturer wrote:

Screamin Scott wrote: I'm wondering if the soil's PH has anything to do with the coloration (like Hydrangeas)...Nice lloking blooms though. I like looking for assorted wildflowers as well (read weed blooms)


Can't find "weed blooms" in the forum search ... only this post comes up.


I meant in my personal collection, only some of which are on here....There are some more on my Flickr stream, but since I let the "Pro" account expire, even that stream doesn't show most of them...I also like to identify my finds & use davesgarden.com/ as a resource guide ...


Love the website. I have a reference section on my website as well but it is still under construction so there's no specific content yet.

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12 years 10 months ago #109034 by Trudehell

The Time Capturer wrote: Also, I don't think they're different plants because the same plants the next year went back to blue. It's weird.


Take a look at J ekka's Herb Farm , where it is told that

Echium vulgare (Vipers Bugloss) are "Fully hardy biennial, Ht. up to 1m. Attractive bright blue/pink flowers in second summer."

So the color of flowers has to do with the age of the plant.

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12 years 10 months ago #109055 by The Time Capturer

Trudehell wrote:

The Time Capturer wrote: Also, I don't think they're different plants because the same plants the next year went back to blue. It's weird.


Take a look at J ekka's Herb Farm , where it is told that

Echium vulgare (Vipers Bugloss) are "Fully hardy biennial, Ht. up to 1m. Attractive bright blue/pink flowers in second summer."

So the color of flowers has to do with the age of the plant.


Okay, I missed an important detail. I thought they were perrenial; didn't realise they were biennial ... so it's not the same plant year after year. Biennial plants generally mature the first year, then bloom the second and die off. So, either way the plant is going to only have one colour. But it does give explanation why they weren't there when I went back the next year. I'm still confused as to why all three colours were in such a confined space and that I've not seen them anywhere else.

Thanks for your research ... we may draw a conclusion soon!

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12 years 10 months ago #112339 by rlayna
Wow neat story that comes along with it. I did find this online

www.mtweed.org/library/index.php/weed-of-the-week-blueweed/

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12 years 10 months ago - 12 years 10 months ago #112474 by The Time Capturer

rlayna wrote: Wow neat story that comes along with it. I did find this online

www.mtweed.org/library/index.php/weed-of-the-week-blueweed/


Thanks for the extra information. I noticed something here: That website makes no mention of white. It seems to me, even with the websites that I researched myself, they all seem to be area specific. This reference is Montana specific, one other was France, and mine are confined to Southern Ontario. I wonder if other colours are slowly being introduced into other areas that haven't seen them before.

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