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  1. Carl01924

    Carl01924 Apprentice Gardener

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    Hi Guys and Girls
    Sorry to be asking for help, on my first post, but I'm hoping one of you lovely green fingered ladies or gentlemen can help me identify this plant/fower, not strictly gardening related but I thought my best chance would be here

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    • Spruce

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      Hi Welcome to the forum

      To be honest I think the picture of the plant is fictitious, so is a artist impression rather than a named plant , but does have tendrils which helps narrow it down and maybe you could match up if you are planing to match up the flowers for table decorations sweet peas would be ideal with the tendrils left on

      2nd photo is what a tendril looks like

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      Many thanks for your quick response Spruce

      Carl
       
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        bexy13 Stay calm and eat cucumber!

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        Welcome to the forum carl :yahoo: These lot will take you under the wing and make you feel so special :yay: :spinning: :SUNsmile:
         
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        They reminded me of aquilegia

        :dunno:
         
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          Not often I disagree with you, "M" but they don't seem to resemble the pic.


          I agree with Spruce, but it is a 5 petalled plant with a wiry stem.

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            Yeah, but you got *posh* ones :heehee:
             
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              :dunno::heehee:

              If we assume the artist was trying to embellish on a wild flower with 5 narrow pointed petals from his/her memory:doh: then the nearest I can get is Greniaceae Pimpinellifolium, Hypericum, and Cardamine:scratch::snork:
               
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                Some Clematis (that have tendrils) have 5 petals.
                 
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                • "M"

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                  Ah, *that* is where we differ ... you "assumed", I "interpreted" :lunapic 130165696578242 5:
                   
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                  :heehee:

                  Actually, I didn't assume:nonofinger: :snork: What I proposed was that if we tried understand what the Artist was trying to do we might be able to do so by looking at the facts, i.e: Five Petals, Narrow Pointed at the top, and wiry stems. Nearly all of the wild flowers had more than 5 petals and were propeller shaped at the top [curved and rounded], but even most of those that were 5 petalled were propeller shaped.
                   
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                    But ... but ... but .... you *said* assume! (wiggle out of it all you will - you said: assume!) :th scifD36:

                    Who cares what the artist *meant* ... art is open to "interpretation" - thus, I "interpreted" and to *me* it immediately reminded me of an aquilegia (albeit a poor man's one so ner-ner)

                    [Bliddy clever clods banding words at this time of evening when a poor woman is trying to stay awake. Hrumph and double hrumph, Our Mandy. Aye!]

                    What's that old saying? "A rose, by any other name, stills smells as sweet" :roflol:

                    Sweet flowers CarlO1924 :wub2: (whatever they turn out to be: assumed, interpreted, identified, imagined, or otherwise) Oh and congratUlations to the happy couple :)

                    Oh, and finally (subjective! :heehee:) those bugs? Them be butterflies (cabbage whites with a bit of purple dye (could be black) is my "interpretation") :) What do you think, Our Mandy? :whistle:
                     
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                    I've never been able to interpret your interpretations:doh::scratch::rolleyespink::lunapic 130165696578242 5:
                     
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                      :phew:

                      It works then ;)
                       
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                      Would you mind interpreting the interpretation of "works"????:hate-shocked::scratch::doh::heehee:
                       
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