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Dryas octopetala or Mountain Avens.

drc726

By Drc726


Dryas octopetala or Mountain Avens.  (Dryas octopetala (Mountain avens))

I love this the flower turns into a lovely whispy seed head.



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i have this Drc its portulaca white, i got it the other week for near my pond ;o))

3 May, 2010

 

Thanks SB just looked it up, dont think it is the same as yours? the leaves seem quite different is yours a succulant?

4 May, 2010

 

fleshy leaves it has, hasnt yours, flower the same though, well looks the same

4 May, 2010

 

No they are more like the leaves on a shrub?

4 May, 2010

 

sorry dont know Drc, maybe put a question up

4 May, 2010

 

I posted it as question SB and Bulbaholic has named it - "it is Dryas octopetala or Mountain Avens. It is a sub-shrub alpine plant that grows across the mountains of northern Europe including Scotland. I would not expect to see it in southern England, though?"

6 May, 2010

 

glad you have a name now for it, its lovely :o))

6 May, 2010

 

Moongrower said its the emblem of The Scottish Rock Garden Club... much loved by all us Scottish Rockers! Fancy it growing for staid old me!

6 May, 2010

 

lucky you having it and didnt know about it, ;o))

6 May, 2010

 

Yes SB, its a lovely thick carpet on quite twiggy stems.

6 May, 2010



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