I am way behind today as working all day yesterday, and then had appointments all morning today. Hopefully though will be popping over to visit yours shortly 🙂
Oh, these are sweet. I seem to be cultivating the scarlet pimpernel in my garden this year! And the flowers are orange, not scarlet at all! They do look pretty so I have left them alone. I may live to regret that. Interestingly the same plant has blue flowers in Spain (and possibly Portugal). Your shrubby pimpernel must be a different family.
Seen blue, orange and scarlet pimpernel in Portugal! Apparently these ones are of the same family, well according to my Algarvian flower book anyway!!!
I looked up the blue one, which seems to be exactly like the scarlet flower, This on the other hand looks different to me, much finer leaves for a start and no central colour. More like my Prostanthera phylicifolia / spiked mint bush (which appears to have died 😦 )
It’s definitely Portuguese and definitely wild . . . have to admit the photo in my book is like the one you shared and so made me hesitate too. But it is everywhere and I couldn’t find anything else that it could be. happy to be proved wrong though as I did only take the one photo so can’t tell if the centre is there or not!!
Gorgeous photo.
https://junkboattravels.blogspot.com/2019/07/blue_17.html
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thank you so much.
I am way behind today as working all day yesterday, and then had appointments all morning today. Hopefully though will be popping over to visit yours shortly 🙂
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What pretty little flowers these are.
Here is my #17: https://picturesimperfect2.wordpress.com/2019/07/17/dont-ever-let-anybody-dull-your-sparkle/
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love your number 17
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nice share
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Pretty! Here’s mine – https://myheart2heart.blog/2019/07/17/by-the-roadside/
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thank you
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Oh, these are sweet. I seem to be cultivating the scarlet pimpernel in my garden this year! And the flowers are orange, not scarlet at all! They do look pretty so I have left them alone. I may live to regret that. Interestingly the same plant has blue flowers in Spain (and possibly Portugal). Your shrubby pimpernel must be a different family.
https://wp.me/p79zFr-25t
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Seen blue, orange and scarlet pimpernel in Portugal! Apparently these ones are of the same family, well according to my Algarvian flower book anyway!!!
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I looked up the blue one, which seems to be exactly like the scarlet flower, This on the other hand looks different to me, much finer leaves for a start and no central colour. More like my Prostanthera phylicifolia / spiked mint bush (which appears to have died 😦 )
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oh no that’s no good, tell it it is not allowed to die!!
and I am pretty sure I have labelled this correctly. I think it is ‘Anagallis monelli’ And it comes in white, red and blue!
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But your blue flower doesn’t have the ‘eye’ which is confusing me. Plus the narrow hairy leaves. https://www.flickr.com/photos/21657471@N04/41253631332
But I can’t figure out what it is. Definitely Portuguese? And wild?
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It’s definitely Portuguese and definitely wild . . . have to admit the photo in my book is like the one you shared and so made me hesitate too. But it is everywhere and I couldn’t find anything else that it could be. happy to be proved wrong though as I did only take the one photo so can’t tell if the centre is there or not!!
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Whether it is or it isn’t it is most definitely blue and that’s all that counts really 💙
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oh bless you, thank you so much . . . .I will keep investigating!!
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ok new proposal – how about ‘Scrambling Gromwell’?!!
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Tiny beauties, Becky. In fact, they remind me of my salad the other day 🙂
I’ve gone back to the wall: https://travelwithintent.com/2019/07/17/blue-skyline/
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Your salad sounds beautiful as well as delicious!
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Lovely little things! Here’s my bit of French: https://suejudd.com/2019/07/17/july-squares-blue-17/
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always like a bit of French!!
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😊😊😊
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https://geriatrixfotogallerie.wordpress.com/2019/07/17/blue-church-on-an-island/
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So pretty!
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thank you 🙂
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Love how intense the blue is.
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These are pretty little flowers.
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I love them, grow all over the place in Portugal and last week I discovered also in my mum’s garden!
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