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Title: unknow blue flower
Post by: John85 on October 07, 2018, 09:00:34 AM
On gardener's world there was a picture of Margeret Owen  with a bell shaped blue flower.Can someone remember me its name?
Title: Re: unknow blue flower
Post by: Plantaholic Sheila on October 07, 2018, 09:39:08 AM
Gardeners World Friday 5th Oct 2018......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_iEUVPYlSE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_iEUVPYlSE)
Seen at 21.30 mins.


It is a Clematis.
Probably a named variety...such as Clematis cylindrica "Swedish Bells".

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b&biw=1920&bih=944&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=r8W5W_vkEYnpsAeg8JvYCA&q=Clematis++cylindrica+%27Swedish+Bells%27&oq=Clematis++cylindrica+%27Swedish+Bells%27&gs_l=img.12...16184.20609.0.22614.12.12.0.0.0.0.92.968.12.12.0....0...1c.1.64.img..0.1.91...0i30k1.0.TQ4LAZE6ulI (https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b&biw=1920&bih=944&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=r8W5W_vkEYnpsAeg8JvYCA&q=Clematis++cylindrica+%27Swedish+Bells%27&oq=Clematis++cylindrica+%27Swedish+Bells%27&gs_l=img.12...16184.20609.0.22614.12.12.0.0.0.0.92.968.12.12.0....0...1c.1.64.img..0.1.91...0i30k1.0.TQ4LAZE6ulI)
Title: Re: unknow blue flower
Post by: Maggi Young on October 07, 2018, 12:56:41 PM
And what a lovely  tribute to Margaret Owen the whole segment from Mark Heath  was.

I must say, I am prepared to believe that Shropshire is one of the coldest counties  in England - but it is really a stretch to regard it as being in any way, in "the North of England"!

 ;D
Title: Re: unknow blue flower
Post by: David Nicholson on October 07, 2018, 07:35:54 PM
I must say, I am prepared to believe that Shropshire is one of the coldest counties  in England - but it is really a stretch to regard it as being in any way, in "the North of England"!

Dead right Maggi it's in the Midlands in anybodies money. Can't get away with those Midlanders claiming Northern heritage! >:(
Title: Re: unknow blue flower
Post by: ian mcdonald on October 10, 2018, 09:24:06 PM
Was it Clematis heracleifolia? I seem to remember seeing it in a recent programme. I have two in the garden. They flower fairly late in the season and are good for insects.
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