What's your favourite flower?

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I remember her stories and pictures. This is my favorite

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Heavenly blue ipomoea (morning glory) flowers

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Medinilla magnifica , the Philippine Orchid

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I have these growing along an old chain link fence. I also planted some moonflowers along with them.
The morning glories bloom in the morning and the moonflowers bloom at sunset. Their aroma is pleasant, but are poisonous to people and pets.

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I’ve just picked these from a roadside plantation in amoungst other trees and shrub…a native ? I don’t even know it’s name ,😬
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Lapageria rosea , the Chilean bellflower , the national flower of Chile

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Children enjoy the bluebells in a park in Kent , the English county known as the Garden of England .

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The humble ice plant is used here to prevent soil erosion, and it has a nice flower too.

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Bauhinia blakeana commonly called the Hong Kong Orchid

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Ice plant is a much nicer name than pig face …the common name for that plant I was used to hearing
all my life :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
 
Greenfields said:
Ice plant is a much nicer name than pig face …the common name for that plant I was used to hearing
all my life :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
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I think “ice plants” come within the mesembryanthemum family .

The mesembryanthemums I know and love are the Livingstone daisies . I first took note of them when in Cornwall on holiday . The gardens there were full of them , and I was fascinated how the flowers closed up at night and opened at day time . Plus their colours are beautiful .

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They are the toughest little flower once they get going! A friend had them once ,popping up on the gravel path ,between bricks .
Thanks Rob, I’d forgotten about them 🙂
Today I picked a big bowl of Hawthorn berries…not sure what I’ll do with them,but there are jelly recipes.Lovely flowers,now changing leaves and berries.
 
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I think “ice plants” come within the mesembryanthemum family .
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Yes, hardy groundcover succulents also known as Delosperma. They can create a carpet of lavender.

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Uvularia grandiflora , the large-flowered bellwort or merrybells

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