blue flowers at roadside

[richard51]

Today driving through rural dordogneshire I remarked to OH how similar the blue flowers along the roadside were to bluebells in our UK garden.

Despite normally OH being rather good at flower names we cant find the name of them - any ideas?

Heads are about 6 inches long.and are pretty ubiquitous. Can't be Fleur de Lys as OH says I'm wrong.

Ta for a response.

[woolybanana]

Fleurs bleus?

[BritinBretagne]

We’ve got a lot of bluebells growing wild hereabouts. I’d guess the flowers that look like bluebells are in fact bluebells.

https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/the-meaning-of/french-word-jacinthe_des_bois.html

[woolybanana]

Aren't there two types of bluebells, the one we all know and love and the Spanish one which has fewer flowers on the stem?

[richard51]

Mmmm - OH not convinced. I was about to give sarcastic response about WBs translation but perhaps Spain is far enough south for it to be a possibility, especially with BnBs sane post.

However, looking on the internet further there appears to be the possibility that it is wild thyme. There is a website that will apparently correlate photos of flowers with their names - OH has details apparently. So we will do that when she/we have time.

If so, then bizarre, as our favourite restaurant is called the "Bryn de Thym" and we were there only yesterday. Can google it but you will need to book as its very popular with locals.

[JohnFB]

or wild sage, sauge even.

[Hoddy]

My flower identification book is in France and I am in England

but

I seem to remember a type of wild salvia on the roadside.

Could that be it ?

[Patf]

We often saw wild chicory at the roadside. It was grown as a crop too:

https://www.ediblewildfood.com/chicory.aspx

[richard51]

Thanks for the replies - we now think that it was wild sage. However, there does seem to be an abundance of all sorts of wild herbs etc at the moment.

[Hoddy]

I do love being right !

[Gardengirl]

?

[Patf]

Well done John and Hoddy. I know the one you mean now -spikes of purpley blue flowers.

Lots of those too in the Gers - they look good in a wild flower arrangement.

[mogs]

[quote user="richard51"]Mmmm - OH not convinced. I was about to give sarcastic response about WBs translation but perhaps Spain is far enough south for it to be a possibility, especially with BnBs sane post.

However, looking on the internet further there appears to be the possibility that it is wild thyme. There is a website that will apparently correlate photos of flowers with their names - OH has details apparently. So we will do that when she/we have time.

Can you post a link to that website please?

If so, then bizarre, as our favourite restaurant is called the "Bryn de Thym" and we were there only yesterday. Can google it but you will need to book as its very popular with locals.[/quote]

[richard51]

Its this app she used:

https://www.plantsnap.com/

We took a photo and input it. It came up as meadow sage - part of the salvia family.

Hope this helps.