Re: Foxgloves, poppies, growing wild
Foxgloves are seen all over wild in New Zealand's South Island. In fact I
was told as I oohed and aahed, that it was a bit like exclaiming how
beautiful someone's dandelions are here--not sure if this was a joke or not.
I also saw valley spread with different colors of lupine that were wild.
Judy Warner
----- Original Message -----
From: Louise <louise@the-english-family.freeserve.co.uk>
To: <perennials@mallorn.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 2:38 AM
Subject: Re: Foxgloves, poppies, growing wild
>
> During my recent
> >trip, I was thrilled to see the truly splendid common
> foxglove, Digitalis
> >purpurea, growing wild in the English countryside. (In
> France and England I
> >saw wild poppies, too -- imagine that -- poppies growing
> wild!) --Janis
>
> The things we take for granted over here. But then, I
> suppose if we were to visit the US we would see other plants
> that we only have in cultivation (columbine, ecchinacaea
> spring to mind) growing in the wild. Would that be the
> case?
>
> Louise, Surrey, England
>
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