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Post by rgsp on Jan 15, 2012 13:34:47 GMT
A few aconites have come out since last Wednesday (Sunday today) but the majority are still underground  I'm not going to say what these are (although most viewers may know anyway) but they, or ones like them, have been flowering all winter, but I overlooked them.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2012 13:52:25 GMT
Plenty of the white flowers round here also RGSP - I was wondering whether to look out for woolly bears too!
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Post by stockslave on Jan 15, 2012 14:13:05 GMT
I think I'm right in saying it's the white dead-nettle (lamium album).
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Post by rgsp on Jan 15, 2012 16:26:01 GMT
I think I'm right in saying it's the white dead-nettle (lamium album). Yes absolutely. They are rather fine little flowers though aren't they? If they weren't so common, I bet the garden snoberati would be gushing about their "jewel-like perfection". Just because I'm a cynic doesn't meant I'm not right sometimes! |
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Post by stockslave on Jan 15, 2012 18:25:12 GMT
The flowers aren't just pretty, they also reduce swelling and break up mucus. Useful as well as very decorative.  |
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Post by matthew on Jan 15, 2012 19:58:59 GMT
The flowers aren't just pretty, they also reduce swelling and break up mucus. Useful as well as very decorative. And invasive  Got some varigated yellow ones, and even after nearly 30 years here, cannot get rid. Underground runners like twitch (couch grass / stroil ). |
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Got some varigated yellow ones, and even after nearly 30 years here, cannot get rid. Underground runners like twitch (couch grass / stroil ). 