Winter CAN be interesting! part 3

I got it right ! but I was too late lol

1 b - don't know the name but the shape fits
2 d - Alchemilla mollis
3 e - name ?
4 f - Clematis tangutica
5 a - name ? I think it starts with E - can't remember - going to try and look it up now
6 c - Penstemon
mystery - ??

Well, I knew it was 'the blue thing in my front garden'. I guess that really isn't good enough!

Mystery one - Aquilegia?

Nope. Try again!

Oh Ginellie! That's a great answer! LOL.

Seed 1 - flower b ?Salvia nemorosa
Seed 2 - flower d - alchemilla mollis
Seed 3 - flower e - Chelone obliqua
Seed 4 - flower f - C. tangutica?
Seed 5 - flower a - Echinacea White Swan
Seed 6 - flower c - Penstemon

How's that? Still haven't got the mystery one though?

1b,2d,3e,4f,5a,6c, dont know the mistery seedhead though lol the names i know are pentamon, mollys mantel,clematis

Mystery - Gaura? Or saxifraga fortunei?

Still no, Bamboo! I'd better not tell you and Sandra how you fared on the others, yet - to give other people a chance, had I?

pm me plez barbara then i know how i did lol, just noticed ive made a mistake lol

Just take a look at your answer, first - you've put 'b' down twice! I don't mind if you edit your comment! LOL

lol i just noticed i made a mistake and know i got a bit mixed up scrolling up and down

It's not violet, is it?

is clematis bill mac kenzie, orange peel? quite a few yellow ones lol

Not Bill or Orange Peel, no, but very close, Sandra.

No, Bamboo - your brain must be hurting!

close, haha is it ben his brother then barbara :o)))

LOL.

A - 5 Echinacea
B -1 Salvia Vercillicota
C - 6 Penstemon
D - 2 Alchemilla
E -3 Chelone Oblique
F - 4 Clematis c. tanggutica

I thought at first the mystery one was an Aquilegia but I somehow don't think it is !

tangutica, but which im not sure, a few differant names :o)

No - that's what Bamboo thought, as well. It isn't Aquilegia, though. I'll tell you the answers tomorrow - let's just say you are 'nearly' right on the names! :-))

Yes, Sandra - you got that one!

woohoo :o))

is the mistery one a gaura? im trying lol

No......sorry! (very trying!) lol.

lol cheeky monkey heheh

a -5 Echinacea white swan?
c 6 penstemon 'garnet'
b 1 Salvia
d 2 Alchemilla mollis
e 3 Chelone obliqua
f 4 lematis tangutica 'citrus peel'

mystery one eschlozia sp californian poppy?

Quuuuiiiiiitttttteeeee good, Sbg - but not on the 'mystery' seedhead! LOL.

how about if i change b 1 to agastache foeniculum [sp again but cant be bothered to go find my book or it might be a hyssop no agastache]]]

and go for a larkspur/delphinium for the mystery one, but dont know which one.

I couldn't possibly comment - lol. (I will tomorrow, of course!) Except - still wrong on the mystery one!

how about gentian or tritellaria/brodea sp again

Nope. Sorry! (I can never spell that one, either! lol)

1-b Agastache anisata (but think that 1 is Agastache rugosa and b is Agastache anisata. They are different - seed heads and flowers.) The second idea as for this Nepeta subsessilis most probably...
2-d Alchemilla mollis (vulgaris?)
3-e Chelone lyonii
4-f Clematis tangutica (Helios, Radar Love)
5-a Echinacea purpurea Alba (White Swan)
6-c Penstemon x mexicale (Sunburst Ruby?)

"Mystery" is very similar to my Nigella sativa. Think it is.

A5 Echinacea White Swan
B1 Agastache
c6 Penstemon
D2 Alchemilla mollis
E3 Chelone
F4 Clematis tangutica

can't pin the mystery one down though

Uma - great work, there - almost right! Alternatives, too - I'm not saying which is correct yet, though. :-)) I shall post the answers this afternoon.

Grindle - also really good - shame about the mystery one, though.

I agree with Uma - as she seems to be closest, lol. I can't get past Aquilegia for the mystery - I am stumped, love the pictures though.

It is a difficult one, that mystery seedhead, Wagger. I don't think that many people grow it, or if they do, maybe they don't realise! See part 4 - all is revealed!

Loved this blog Spritz, it reminds me of the plant I-dents the trainees/students get here at Kew! I confess I only got just over half of them right.Could do better!

Oooops! Glad you approve, though. I feel honoured that I thought this series up, now - I'm in good company. :-))

Not as bad as conifer cutting idents, though - they were really a nightmare, I hated that part of my training.

I couldn't even BEGIN to recognise conifers, Bamboo! I have every admiration for those of you who have gone through the training and come out the other side! :-)))

Fortunately, did really well in some areas - made up for the "I'm hopeless at this" ones...

:-)))

yes i think that would be me too. i'd love to do the rhs qualifications.
agree about the conifers spritz, unless its larch or yew :o)

I just don't look at many conifers that close! I could recognise those two and Scots Pine, possibly, I think.

I've got a bit better, but I tell you, when you see trays and trays of tiny, tiny conifer cuttings - nightmare, I only recognised two, and then only because of their colour, really. that left hundreds unrecognised - by me, anyway!

I bet Bluespruce would be a whizz at that, Bamboo! :-))))) What do you reckon - 100%?? lol.

Yep, for sure - I reckon its a specialism all on its own

He's so interested in conifers! His knowledge is amazing....but I suppose anyone who specialises in one area becomes an 'expert'. Great to have them on the site, though, isn't it! What a fund of knowledge we have on GOY.

Having the knowledge available is good, yes - conifers, any conifers, aren't one of my favourite plants, I'm afraid. Though he has posted pics of a couple that took my eye, I must admit, so I may yet be converted to a degree, lol

Oh yes, I agree - and also that dwarf Ginkgo biloba he has - Oooohh!!! I'd love one!

I've got a Gingko, but its only dwarf because its so slow growing - I'll be long gone before it gets to 12 feet, probably!

LOL. Are they really, really slow growing? I don't want a tree-sized one.

I shall have to take another look at BS's one - and make a note of its name! He'll know where he got it from. :-))

Really slow growing - and there's a variegated leaf one that I'd dearly love to have too.

Don't, please - I haven't got room!!!!! I didn't know about the variegated leaved one. How lovely!