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Could somebody identify the following "wildflowers" please? After a peculiar winter, our garden seems to be overrun with these.

The first has tiny lilac-ish flowers, and the plant is only 10cms high.

The second has yellow daisy-type flowers about 2cms across and again the plant is only about 10cms high.

I'm just interested to know what they are.

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Wow, that was quick! [:)]

Thanks, Hoddy. The lesser celandine is particularly bright and it's developed a patch about 4 metres in diameter; positively shining!

I try to avoid these areas when mowing, at least until the flowering ends, but the Red dead nettle seems to have taken over, and smothered the grass... it'll have to go!

I've also got a huge area, probably 30m x 30m, of "paquerettes". We live next to fields so any air-borne seeds seem to target the garden.

Noticeable this year are the cowslips ("cou cou"); they're really nice and we try to move them to a part of the garden that's not walked on.

 

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[quote user="tinabee"]apparently you can eat the red dead nettle (part of the mint family) so it might be worth harvesting a few before you mow [:)][/quote]

I didn't know that - I've a lot of it in my garden. Also a lot of celandine, which is very pretty and I don't mind it in some places, but not so keen on it in some of my flower beds, and it's a devil to fork out.

I did a bit of gardening today before the rain set in, finally finished cutting back my lavender bushes, then happily spotted the snakeshead fritillaries are back. I'm never certain that they'll show up, after losing several clumps of them over the years; it's such a pretty plant.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=snakeshead+fritillary&client=firefox-a&hs=BU5&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=6pJpUdW5Baag0QXc24DIAw&ved=0CD0QsAQ&biw=1366&bih=603

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[quote user="gardengirl "][quote user="tinabee"]apparently you can eat the red dead nettle (part of the mint family) so it might be worth harvesting a few before you mow [:)][/quote]

I didn't know that - I've a lot of it in my garden. Also a lot of celandine, which is very pretty and I don't mind it in some places, but not so keen on it in some of my flower beds, and it's a devil to fork out.

I did a bit of gardening today before the rain set in, finally finished cutting back my lavender bushes, then happily spotted the snakeshead fritillaries are back. I'm never certain that they'll show up, after losing several clumps of them over the years; it's such a pretty plant.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=snakeshead+fritillary&client=firefox-a&hs=BU5&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=6pJpUdW5Baag0QXc24DIAw&ved=0CD0QsAQ&biw=1366&bih=603



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Jealous ! 

here in Normandy we have a wonderful sea of mud left by the builder's digger and a few drowning daffodil's that look severely shrivelled by the recent snow. I am hoping for some sunshine tomorrow - seems like the first since last June - to have a chance to see if any of last year's plants have survived the long, wet winter and snowy spring.

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First really warm day this year.  By "warm", I mean no need for thermal vest, long johns, thick socks, plus a couple of fleeces[:P]  Strange feeling being warm but a nice feeling![:D]

Sid, I looked out for the celandine whilst out with the dog and OH this morning.  You're right about the brightness of the colour.

Yep, the Great Artist in the sky, can do gloss as well as matt.  The dandelions are matt but the celandines definiely gloss.

Wonder if He or She can do acrylics and water-colours as well?

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Can anyone identify these two wildflowers in what we jokingly call our lawn, please?

There are lots of the white multi headed ones around, but I haven't seen the one with blue markings before. It had started to close when I took the picture, but looked a bit like a petunia when open, but much smaller, 5 petals, and different leaves. It is about 3cm across when fully open.

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I think the first one is Star of Bethlehem and the second one could be an orchid although the leaves don't look quite right.

Any chance of a close up of the leaves and perhaps the flower from a different angle ? In some ways it looks like a kind of vetch.

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Thanks Jay, but it's not an orchid, although it looks a bit like one in my picture.

The flower is symmetrical when it's open. If you click on it to enlarge you'll see the leaves are toothed and look like a legume (I think). There are 3 or 4 more hairy buds almost ready to open.

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Thanks, Hoddy. Star of Bethlehem sounds good, Ornithogalum umbellatum seems right.

I'll get a better picture of the white and blue flower and leaves tomorrow when it's open, if I can. The leaves remind me of something I can't quite place. They look a bit like groundsel.

The leaves and flower heads are growing from a very thin brown stalk/root, as if it is some kind of creeping plant. It had tried to grow up above the surrounding grass. It fell over when I cut the grass carefully around it, so hope it survives to tomorrow.

 

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Here is a slightly better, enlarged, picture. I have not seem anything like this around the garden or roadsides here.

I chucked a packet of wildflower seeds on the grassy area last year, with no apparent result, so maybe that is where it came from.

The root is the thin brown stem curving off from the LHS of the base in an anticlockwise direction.

 

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[quote user="gardengirl "]From the flower, I'd been thinking it looked like a cross between a poppy, petunia and a bindweed flower.  [:D]
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It looked to me like a little petunia when I first noticed it, but the flower is not at all bell-shaped, the petals are quite separate, and the leaves look completely wrong.

I think poppy is closer, especially for the leaves. Maybe a hybrid related to Corn Poppy?

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/wildseed/cornpoppy.html

Edit: On the other hand, it doesn't have a stigma disc like a poppy.

I'll keep an eye on it and try to collect some seed if I can beat the birds to it.

 

 

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