Plants named after birds
Andy Mabbett
<http://www.discoveredmonton.com/devonian/getgro116.html>. There are
many others named after birds, such as Pulmonaria rubra 'Redstart'
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_profiles/pulmonaria/pulmonar
ia1.shtml and a whole raft of Aquilegias, including A. 'Blue Jay', A.
'Goldfinch' and A. 'Robin'
<http://www.rhs.org.uk/publications/pubs/garden0401/aquilegia_d.asp>.
What are folk's favourite plants, named after birds?
Does anyone know of a garden with a collection of such plants?
--
Andy Mabbett
"We play the game, we zap and maim, we strafe the train, we gain terrain,
with the bravery of being out of range" - R. Waters
Sue
"Andy Mabbett" <an...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote
<snip>
> What are folk's favourite plants, named after birds?
I love the scented 'pheasant eye' type narcissus.
There's also a small one called Pipit.
Sue
Kay Easton
<an...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> writes
>I've got a plant in my garden, Heuchera cylindrica 'Greenfinch'
><http://www.discoveredmonton.com/devonian/getgro116.html>. There are
>many others named after birds, such as Pulmonaria rubra 'Redstart'
><http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_profiles/pulmonaria/pulmonar
>ia1.shtml and a whole raft of Aquilegias, including A. 'Blue Jay', A.
>'Goldfinch' and A. 'Robin'
><http://www.rhs.org.uk/publications/pubs/garden0401/aquilegia_d.asp>.
>
>What are folk's favourite plants, named after birds?
Bird's foot trefoil, dove's foot cranesbill (two for the price of one),
cuckoo flower, cuckoo pint, crowberry, crowfoot, crow garlic, goosefoot,
hawkweed, hawkbit, hen and chickens, larkspur, ragged robin, pheasant
eye, birds-eye primrose, storksbill, chickweed
and, of course, sparrowgras ;-p
--
Kay Easton
Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/garden/
Barry & Iris McCanna
"Andy Mabbett" <an...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote in message
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> I've got a plant in my garden, Heuchera cylindrica 'Greenfinch'
> <http://www.discoveredmonton.com/devonian/getgro116.html>. There are
> many others named after birds, such as Pulmonaria rubra 'Redstart'
> <http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_profiles/pulmonaria/pulmonar
> ia1.shtml and a whole raft of Aquilegias, including A. 'Blue Jay', A.
> 'Goldfinch' and A. 'Robin'
> <http://www.rhs.org.uk/publications/pubs/garden0401/aquilegia_d.asp>.
>
> What are folk's favourite plants, named after birds?
>
> Does anyone know of a garden with a collection of such plants?
>
> --
> Andy Mabbett
>
Yes, I love the penstemons named after birds, particularly "Osprey", which
is glorious, but also "Blackbird,"
"Raven" and "Flamingo."
Iris McCanna
Colin Davidson
"Andy Mabbett" <an...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote in message
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> What are folk's favourite plants, named after birds?
Cuckooflower (AKA Ladys Smock, Cardamine pratensis). Very pretty plant, my
favourite wildflower.
Not that my photo does this flower justice, but there's a picture at my
ever-incomplete website:
http://cabd0.tripod.com/cabsmushroompage/id11.html
Jill Bell
<sa...@nospamgarden506.fsnet.co.uk> writes
>
>Nemesia Bluebird. ;-))))
>>
I wonder why that might be?;-)))))))))))
Jill
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Mike
<ji...@bellsbarn.demon.co.uk> writes
>In message <q3gliu4h5qrkd358o...@4ax.com>, Sacha
><sa...@nospamgarden506.fsnet.co.uk> writes
>>
>>Nemesia Bluebird. ;-))))
>>>
>I wonder why that might be?;-)))))))))))
>
>Jill
I used to have a Nissan Bluebird. Any good?
Mike
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after they open (and possibly a Latin dictionary :-) and you'll see
why.
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Jill Bell
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>>"Andy Mabbett" <an...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote in message
>>news:zJOXSOey...@pigsonthewing.org.uk...
>>
>>> What are folk's favourite plants, named after birds?
Not a favourite exactly - but it pops up in various places in my garden
- Linaria triornithophera (or something similar:-)) the budgerigar
flower. Newly opening buds do look remarkably like little budgies.
Janet Tweedy
>and a whole raft of Aquilegias, including A. 'Blue Jay', A.
>'Goldfinch' and A. 'Robin'
><http://www.rhs.org.uk/publications/pubs/garden0401/aquilegia_d.asp>.
>
>What are folk's favourite plants, named after birds?
I actually contacted Moles seeds this year as Rose hardy (Of Hardy's
Cottage Plants) told me the only place you could get the Songbird
varieties of Aquilegias was Moles. They have huge flowers and I've got
Goldfinch, Dove, Bunting, Magpie, Bluebird etc.
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk
Janet Tweedy
><sa...@nospamgarden506.fsnet.co.uk> writes
>>
>>Nemesia Bluebird. ;-))))
>>>
>I wonder why that might be?;-)))))))))))
>
>Jill
Ah well now if you haven't got any Jill I can see if I have any cuttings
striking....................
Janet Tweedy
<sa...@nospamgarden506.fsnet.co.uk> writes
>Wicked, wicked woman - taking the bread from the mouths...........
>;-)
I'll post you a couple of bagels tomorrow Sacha!
Janet
Pete The Gardener
<an...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:
>
>What are folk's favourite plants, named after birds?
>
Rhododendron 'Yellow Hammer' It'll start flowering in a month or two,
continue until January, pause for about six weeks and start it's main
flowering season which sould last until mid May.
--
Pete The Gardener
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
pete_the...@hotmail.com
Andy Mabbett
<ca...@biotech.cam.ac.uk> writes
>Cuckooflower (AKA Ladys Smock, Cardamine pratensis). Very pretty plant,
>my favourite wildflower.
Interesting - I was thinking of varieties of cultivated plants, named by
the growers with an eye to commercial sales, yet several people have
given the "folk" names of wild flowers; which says something...
Andy Mabbett
<ji...@bellsbarn.demon.co.uk> writes
>Not a favourite exactly - but it pops up in various places in my garden
>- Linaria triornithophera
Is that "pops up" like your bloody Herb Robert "pops up"?
Jill Bell
<an...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> writes
>In message <$Hf4ERWT...@bellsbarn.demon.co.uk>, Jill Bell
><ji...@bellsbarn.demon.co.uk> writes
>>Not a favourite exactly - but it pops up in various places in my
>>garden - Linaria triornithophera
>
>Is that "pops up" like your bloody Herb Robert "pops up"?
No - it's slightly more retrained than that;-)
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