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What flower is this, please? - Clarkia - Veggie - 14-06-2022
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This surprising item in the random sowing bed has me flummoxed. I know it but can't put a name to it. For some reason, balsam keeps running round in my head.
Can anyone put me out of my misery please
RE: What flower is this, please? - JJB - 14-06-2022
No idea, I thought it could be a balsam, but googling it proves not.
RE: What flower is this, please? - Small chilli - 15-06-2022
Elegant clarkia
https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=CLUN
After some more research. It comes in lots of different colours.
https://www.chilternseeds.co.uk/item_353_clarkia_elegans
RE: What flower is this, please? - Jay - 15-06-2022
Looks like Himalayan Balsam to me…loads around a nearby river here.
RE: What flower is this, please? - Veggie - 15-06-2022
Fortunately, its not Himalayan Balsam, Jay. that's awful stuff.
RE: What flower is this, please? - Veggie - 15-06-2022
(15-06-2022, 07:33 AM)Small chilli Wrote: Elegant clarkiaThat's it
https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=CLUN
After some more research. It comes in lots of different colours.
https://www.chilternseeds.co.uk/item_353_clarkia_elegans
I've been watching the leaves and stems growing , they're both pink tinged, and thought it might be some sort of Orach or Amaranth - something that I had seeds of but never grown. I was amazed to see flowers on it. Really pretty and different.
RE: What flower is this, please? - Veggie - 15-06-2022
Today, I spotted a white flower and a pale pink one. The paler the flower, the less red the stems & leaves. Bees like them too.
RE: What flower is this, please? - Veggie - 23-06-2022
These flowers are absolutely beautiful. If it wasn't raining I'd take a photo and show you. Supposed to make good cut flowers too/
Will try to save seeds to share.
RE: What flower is this, please? - Clarkia - Veggie - 03-07-2022
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Still flowering - they really are bright and cheerful. If you look closely, there's a bumble bee in the second photo - honest.
RE: What flower is this, please? - Clarkia - Small chilli - 03-07-2022
They are pretty and you’ve got lots of different shades.
You sure you didn’t scatter some of you random seeds that included them?
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