Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: 8doubles on October 04, 2012, 18:38
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This is one of those annoying posts which ask you to identify a flower by description when it would have been simple to put up a photo and get a positive id..........but the phone with camera was on charge at home ! ::)
This plant seems to be spreading rapidly in a 4 year old turf lawn.
Flower spike 75 mm high
Flowers blue/violet 10mm long looking like a mini snapdragon with 6 flowers in a level ring around the spike x 6 rings high.
Leaves are pointy oval 10-15 mm long one level each side of the stalk.
I thought a mini orchid of some variety but that is a wild guess from a non flower grower!
Over to you ! :)
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Is it this one - Bugle aka Ajuga Reptans
(http://www.wildflowergallery.co.uk/images/main_purple-blue/bugle.jpg)
It doesn't grow as tall in a mown lawn..........well it doesn't in mine :dry:
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http://www.sustainable-gardening.com/plants/ground-covers/ajuga
You are probably right with bugloss, MoS but another possible is Ajuga - creeping bugleweed, althout it's leaves are not pointy however
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Is it this one - Bugle aka Ajuga Reptans
(http://www.wildflowergallery.co.uk/images/main_purple-blue/bugle.jpg)
It doesn't grow as tall in a mown lawn..........well it doesn't in mine :dry:
Yes, got it in one Mum ! :)
As you say they are more compact than the one in the photo if they are used to ducking the flymo !
Many thanks for all replies !