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Growing => Identification => Topic started by: doganjo on July 29, 2013, 04:31:32 pm

Title: Come on all you experts
Post by: doganjo on July 29, 2013, 04:31:32 pm
A friend has these, grown from seed from another friend - fairly local - any ideas what they are? 

They look like a yellow thistle with sunflower type  seeds remining
Title: Re: Come on all you experts
Post by: Beewyched on July 29, 2013, 05:09:34 pm
Centaurea Macrocephala - never seen it before, but apparently bees love it  :bee:
 
Title: Re: Come on all you experts
Post by: Bionic on July 29, 2013, 05:18:59 pm
Quote from: Beewyched on July 29, 2013, 05:09:34 pm
Centaurea Macrocephala - never seen it before, but apparently bees love it  :bee:
I haven't seen it before either but if the bees love it then I will have to get some
Title: Re: Come on all you experts
Post by: Beewyched on July 29, 2013, 05:30:27 pm
Quote from: Bionic on July 29, 2013, 05:18:59 pm
Quote from: Beewyched on July 29, 2013, 05:09:34 pm
Centaurea Macrocephala - never seen it before, but apparently bees love it  :bee:
I haven't seen it before either but if the bees love it then I will have to get some

Oh yes - good idea  :thumbsup:   Annie are you able to acquire any seeds? Please  :eyelashes:
Title: Re: Come on all you experts
Post by: doganjo on July 29, 2013, 06:39:12 pm
Yes, plenty of seeds when they are ready - it's in the garden of the canine water therapy pool I take the dogs to.
Title: Re: Come on all you experts
Post by: Beewyched on July 30, 2013, 07:44:36 pm
Annie - are you by any chance going to the SS&GF this September?  :fc:   :eyelashes:
Title: Re: Come on all you experts
Post by: hexhammeasure on July 30, 2013, 07:47:29 pm
common name I believe is knapweed

Title: Re: Come on all you experts
Post by: doganjo on July 30, 2013, 10:37:48 pm
Quote from: Beewyched on July 30, 2013, 07:44:36 pm
Annie - are you by any chance going to the SS&GF this September?  :fc:   :eyelashes:
Unfortunately, our Club weekend (Brittany Club of GB) is going to be the last weekend in September for the foreseeable future so unless I am chucked off the committee I won't I'm afraid.   :gloomy:  And since I'm the problem solver of the team they seem to need me a lot  :innocent:
Title: Re: Come on all you experts
Post by: Beewyched on July 31, 2013, 11:07:46 pm
That's a shame about the clash of the 2 events Annie  ???
 
Maybe I could send you an SAE  :eyelashes:
Title: Re: Come on all you experts
Post by: doganjo on August 01, 2013, 11:29:30 am
I'll post on here when I get seeds - there will be LOADS I am sure, then I can either post out or, if it's before the end of next month, give our Central Scotland Smallholders Team a box of them before the Smallholders Festival and they can be collected from our stand
Title: Re: Come on all you experts
Post by: bloomer on August 01, 2013, 11:52:38 am
im at the show if annie needs a courier...
Title: Re: Come on all you experts
Post by: Beewyched on August 03, 2013, 09:41:15 am
Quote from: bloomer on August 01, 2013, 11:52:38 am
im at the show if annie needs a courier...

 :thumbsup: