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Purple Plumey Thing ID ?

Discussion in 'Identification Area' started by HarryS, Jul 7, 2017.

  1. HarryS

    HarryS Eternally Optimistic Gardener

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    Can anyone help identify this plant with purple plumes , that I spotted while walking the dog.

    TIA
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      It's a Purple Plumey Thing :thumbsup:
       
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          It's not the plume de ma tante :)
           
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            Of course its not.

            La plume de ma tante
            Est sur le bureau de mon oncle,

            :snorky:
             
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              Bit cheeky of him to hide it from her there :doh: :heehee:
               
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                Was you walking the dog around your back garden or did the plant follow you home and pot itself up? :heehee:x
                 
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                  Ou avec le sange :yikes:
                   
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                      Noooo , it was on the caravan site this week . :blue thumb: The police have told me to stop walking into other people's back gardens:biggrin:
                       
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                        Le singe est sur la branche.
                        (The monkey is on the branch.)
                        Or more essential French phrases from Eddie Izzard ....:snorky:
                        Je dois partir maintenant par ce qu ma grand-mère est flambée.
                        (I must go now because my grandmother is on fire.)
                         
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                          Mais ce n'est pas possible...vous êtes anglais pourtant vous écrivez français....c'est illegal maintenant en Angleterre, non? Dix ans de peine dans le Tour de Londres :heehee:
                           
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                            :hapydancsmil:Managed to translate that with my schoolboy French !
                            The last sentence is Ten years in the tower of London , n'est-ce pas ?
                             
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                              Nous avons un member qui avait resté la :whistle:
                               
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