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    Communities > Forums > Plant Identification
    Forum: Plant IdentificationReplies: 5, Views: 40
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    Lilith
    Durham
    United Kingdom (Zone 8a)

    July 27, 2002 10:52 AM

    Post #37440

    i got this identified by the foliage as larkspur earlier on, but now that it's flowered, which one is it?

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    Baa

    July 27, 2002 11:14 AM

    Post #312809

    It's Consolida ajacis Lil. The modern 'series' have a much more crowded flower spike so it's probably from an older series or close to the wild form
    Lilith
    Durham
    United Kingdom (Zone 8a)

    July 27, 2002 3:41 PM

    Post #312909

    it's possibly a wild one then as i didn't sow any!
    Baa

    July 27, 2002 4:03 PM

    Post #312919

    They aren't native here Lil, it may have come from a patch in another garden that has had Larkspur seeding for a few years.
    Lilith
    Durham
    United Kingdom (Zone 8a)

    July 27, 2002 4:14 PM

    Post #312920

    oh well, i like freebies!
    Baa

    July 27, 2002 4:18 PM

    Post #312923

    LOL best way to view it and they are so pretty. They don't grow well here.

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