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Re: [Theme] Li'l Flowers
« Reply #90 on: May 25, 2023, 14:08:13 »
Li'l li'l flowers - umbellifers can be intriguing close up. The Ground elder has very small flowers .. and when looking closer, a lot of very small beetles.   

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Re: [Theme] Li'l Flowers
« Reply #91 on: May 25, 2023, 16:16:45 »
Hawthorne in full flower in spring so wonderful! A dutch name for it is 'meidoorn', which translates into 'maythorne'(lib.).

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Re: [Theme] Li'l Flowers
« Reply #92 on: May 25, 2023, 16:18:26 »
Solanum lycopersicum, or tomato

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Re: [Theme] Li'l Flowers
« Reply #93 on: May 26, 2023, 11:13:57 »
Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna'

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Re: [Theme] Li'l Flowers
« Reply #94 on: May 26, 2023, 11:34:13 »
Solanum lycopersicum, or tomato

Ahhh, the staff of life
(well, a mainstay of my life anyway)
I got my own "beefsteak-style" plants into the greenhouse a few weeks ago. Tomatillos are ready for planting out too.

If you grow too, may your garden reward you this year Fons :)

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Re: [Theme] Li'l Flowers
« Reply #95 on: May 26, 2023, 11:41:14 »
Li'l li'l flowers - umbellifers can be intriguing close up. The Ground elder has very small flowers .. and when looking closer, a lot of very small beetles.   

These are pretty and so delicate!
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Re: [Theme] Li'l Flowers
« Reply #96 on: May 26, 2023, 11:43:35 »
Ahhh, the staff of life
(well, a mainstay of my life anyway)
I got my own "beefsteak-style" plants into the greenhouse a few weeks ago. Tomatillos are ready for planting out too.

If you grow too, may your garden reward you this year Fons :)

Thanks Colin its been too cold actually and i got most of my tomatoes in large pots outside the greenhouse reason lack of space!
Except for growing from seed, i get a number of grafted plants for an earlier crop.

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Re: [Theme] Li'l Flowers
« Reply #97 on: May 26, 2023, 19:04:45 »
Hawthorne in full flower in spring so wonderful! A dutch name for it is 'meidoorn', which translates into 'maythorne'(lib.).
Many thanks Fons - I agree! And they also spread a special scent. In danish, 'Hvidtjørn' translates into 'Whitethorn'. My understanding is that there are 3 species in Denmark.

These are pretty and so delicate!
Many thanks Akira! - glad you like them. In Denmark, many consider them a really annoying weed! However, the fresh sprouts are edible and rich in vitamins and should have a light pepper/carrot taste. I spend quite some time removing them in my backyard .. especially where they are visible and close to my neighbours gardens :o


These small blue li'l flowers are called Ærenpris in danish - Speedwell - also considered a weed I think, but here from a meadow/bogland.           

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Re: [Theme] Li'l Flowers
« Reply #98 on: May 26, 2023, 19:23:18 »
Ophrys sp.

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Re: [Theme] Li'l Flowers
« Reply #99 on: May 26, 2023, 19:36:58 »
Ophrys sp.

A Spider Orchid in the Apennines' grasslands
Ciao from Massimo

Very special orchid, Massimo!

Small strawberry plants (Fragaria vesca - wild strawberry) with small white flowers are spreading in my backyard.

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Re: [Theme] Li'l Flowers
« Reply #100 on: May 26, 2023, 22:19:49 »
Small strawberry plants (Fragaria vesca - wild strawberry) with small white flowers are spreading in my backyard.

Lovely Lars
Year ago I found some of these growing wild and the flavour of the fruit was 10x better than any "normal" strawberry
I inherited a patch in my garden when I moved house. They are "ok" but not as good as the ones I remembered :(

Meanwhile, here are my (not so) Li'l flowers
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Re: [Theme] Li'l Flowers
« Reply #101 on: May 26, 2023, 22:26:04 »
So these are a little more little....
I think this is Valerian (please advise if correct or not)
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Re: [Theme] Li'l Flowers
« Reply #102 on: May 26, 2023, 22:42:49 »
So these are a little more little....
I think this is Valerian (please advise if correct or not)
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Centranthus ruber Coccineus

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Re: [Theme] Li'l Flowers
« Reply #103 on: May 27, 2023, 00:25:29 »
Many thanks Akira! - glad you like them. In Denmark, many consider them a really annoying weed! However, the fresh sprouts are edible and rich in vitamins and should have a light pepper/carrot taste. I spend quite some time removing them in my backyard .. especially where they are visible and close to my neighbours gardens :o


These small blue li'l flowers are called Ærenpris in danish - Speedwell - also considered a weed I think, but here from a meadow/bogland.           

Lars, thank you for the details.  I hope people to find a good use for them.  Some species seem to be valued even for medical purposes.

The blue ones are pretty, too!
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