RAMBLES FROM MY CHAIR - my main blog: Beauty

Tuesday, 2 June 2009

Beauty

"Flowers are words that even a Babe can understand." - Patrick O'Keefe.

From Rambles from my Chair

This beautiful flower was out in the rockery today. I don't know what it is but I'd love to have some in my garden.

8 comments:

Mary Ellen2 June 2009 03:37
Gorgeous flower. We have something similar, but I think smaller (hard to tell) called bluebells.
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Scriptor Senex2 June 2009 05:15
Thanks for the suggestion ME. We have a flower called Bluebells - sometimes they carpet the woods in Spring but this isn't our 'Bluebells'. Interestingly the Bluebell in England (proper name Hyacinthoides non-scripta, syn. Endymion non-scriptum, Scilla non-scripta) is not the same flower as the Bluebell in Scotland (Campanula rotundifolia) which is called the Harebell in England. Names are so confusing.
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Granny on the Web2 June 2009 06:37
Names... a rose by any other etc.
This is a pretty little flower, and looks so delicate. As for it's name, can't help you there. I am sure some one in a garden centre could tell from the photo, as you have captured it so well.

Love Granny
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Helen Edwards2 June 2009 08:30
They look like aquilegia (columbine) to me. Beautiful colour.
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Simply Heather2 June 2009 11:12
I can't believe that you don't know what it is, but I'd be willing to say that you are searching it out...hahaha.

Brilliant color!
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Scriptor Senex2 June 2009 11:26
Of course, thank you Helen. I'm used to my Aquilegias being 2 foot tall not four inches tall - it's the Hebridean wind! I blame everything on the wind - it obviously blows things out my mind as well! As for the colour, mine are wishy washy things of a vaguely pink colour - GB's is truly beauiful.
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tricia4 June 2009 06:35
I have no idea what it is, but it's stunning.
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Julie4 June 2009 12:23
Oh, if only something like this would grow in Florida! The shape and color of the bloom is just gorgeous!!! The leaves are so interesting too!
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