Irish ivy has larger, less deeply lobed leaves of a less dark green, more widely spaced on the creeping stems, than ordinary ivy, but the most precise ...
http://ciwatch.fotopages.com/ Todays entry http://ciwatch.fotopages.com/?entry=77307 Hello If anyone has the time to spare, I would be interested in the names...
From: "ciwatch2004" <ciwatch2004@...> ... Quite a few flowers about yesterday 300 miles further north. Would expect your spring to be well advanced. I...
'Cranes Bill' actually looks like a Stork's-bill (Erodium): the flowers are not quite rotationally symmetrical, the petals are slightly 'crumply' and there...
Dear Members, Wessex Gardening Club have set up a "Weekly Gardening Tips" information line, offering free advice and ideas to gardeners. Please feel free to...
Hello, What water plants would group members recommend for a small wildlife pond in a small front garden of a suburban street? Initially, it is thought that...
This is actually a big and fairly complex issue. There is much emphasis at the moment on using plants of "local provenance" in any planting that may enable...
Richard Lansdown
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Apr 9, 2004 12:32 pm
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Hello Richard, Thanks for the very useful reply. Just stopped for a mug of tea. Lots of brambles and crisps packets to clear even before the hole can be dug. ...
Culprits of particular concern are: (according to English Nature) Australian stonecrop (Crassula helmsii) - First discovered as a naturalised plant in Britain...
Hi! Essex is the origin of Hydrocotyle ranunculoides! It was first discovered on the River Chelmer in Chelmsford in the 1990's. It is still a major problem...
I would give up the idea if I were in your place! The prospects aren't good, are they? On your own admission, the site has drawbacks. It is shaded by the...
If you must have a pond, I can see two possibilities: 1. Leave it empty of everything except rainwater to see what turns up - my guess that in time you will...
Hi Flora of Dorset Does anyone happen to have or know of a second hand copy of Flora of Dorset for sale? Ruth [Non-text portions of this message have been...
RUTH DAWES
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Apr 11, 2004 5:45 am
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Ruth, Are any of these of any use, http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookSearchPL?cmid=hp-search-form Keith [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Hello, The small irregularly shaped pond measures approx. 190 cm x 23 cm with a maximum depth of 18 cm. This about 4000 sq. cm or 0.4 sq. metres. This is much...
Hello, Ostensibly this seems to be a good source of seeds and wild flowers for general use on wildlife sites that are not SSSIs or should be because of special...
Whenever I see Agrostis stolonifera, it always seems to suffer from a disease causing small rown spots on the leaves. Does anyone know what organism is...
I have, at long last, put some of my pictures, taken last July at a site in the West Midlands, onto my website: <http://www.pigsonthewing.org.uk/Dartmouth/> I...
Hi - I agree with those. Marsh thistle in rosette form can be recognised by the blackish-purple edges to the leaves (except in white-flowered individuals)....
I don't think Richard was questioning the ID. It's just that "Great" isn't part of its common name in any of the floras or field guides you're likely to pick...
Hello, I have been informed that the alien Least Duckweed, Lemna minuta, is a problem in the Adur valley. The problem is that it does not die back in winter...
I must admit that, although I am concerned about the spread of taca such as Least Duckweed (Lemna minuta) and Lemna turionifera (which is apparently heading...
Richard Lansdown
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Apr 13, 2004 6:19 pm
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In message <c5h46f+rbh2@eGroups.com>, Martin Rand <martin.rand@...> writes ... Oh, I see. Well, some of the people I was with on that occasion...
... by the ... does ... Well, yes, just a few, but most of those come from plant nurseries or herbalists (never trust _them_ with a name! :-) ) and others...
Lemna minuta is now very common in the south and is probably the commoner of the two in many areas. But don't assume that if you find a small duckweed in the...
The skunk cabbage more usually naturalised in Britain is Lysichiton americanus, in the same family (Araceae) as Symplocarpus. It is a large plant with bright...
I took this picture of something that looked superficially like Centaurea nigra, though I'm not convinced that it is. Unfortunately I did not have my Rose or...
