Long time members who have left?

I miss @Kristen he could be relied on for a quality answer.

 

Just been deadheading the Scorzonera that Kristen sent me

 

• Wow how posh knowing this plant's name @Zigs. I've always thought of it as a Dandelion that's been on a diet as it's not so fluffy. Cerainly hadn't got a clue what it was called.

 

Like it @silu

This one's about 3 foot tall, so if you're thinking of the ones that are about Dandelion size, they're Low Calorie Hawkweeds

 

Do they come in orange too @Zigs?

 

Orange Hawkweed or "Grim the Collier" is one of our few orange coloured wildflowers. Not seen it down here but there was a lot of it where I used to live in Wales

 

asked as next door neighbours' grass gets a good covering in between mowings

 

My god you really are a fund of knowledge @Zigs, whether it's useful or not is debatable. Spot on, I was indeed thinking of Hawkweeds (didn't know that was what it was called either). I will enjoy showing off to my neighbour the next time she pops round. Instead of my usual " Oh .......... look at all those ........yellow Dandylion thingies which have popped up everywhere, I'll announce with aplomb that I have some lovely specimens of Scorzonera or Hawkweed depending on size. That'll put her gas at a peep as she is always spouting Latin plant names at me and looks very snooty when I don't know them.

 

Tell her you've got a Solanum cacifolium too

 

What the ....is that? Potato something? Do I detect something which might be rude? or on the same lines as glass hammer, tartan paint, collect verbal contract??????
I've got this uneasy feeling I may regret asking the question. Bit like you just know the wrong answer hooter is going to sound when a panalist on QI gives an obvious answer. I'm off out to water my large brood of Tomatoes (40 in my greenhouse). I'll dare to see if you have replied @Zigs when I come back in!

 

Can't tell you because of the swear filter

 

You could try a Sequoia troglodites though

 

Guessed as much that there would be something rude involved. I have been called many things but a prehistoric bird isn't 1 of them......however come to think of it. To make matters worse Laurel then joins in with Hardy. Shame on you both teasing a little defenceless OAP.