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What type of flowers do you think these are?

robertulphrobertulph Posts: 3
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Two possibles that spring to my mind are Schizanthus and Penstemons. 

    Do you know when the painting was done?  Schizanthus were very popular with amateur gardeners who had a greenhouse in the first half of the 20C. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Butterfly66Butterfly66 Posts: 970
    Penstemons?
     If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”—Marcus Tullius Cicero
    East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
  • robertulphrobertulph Posts: 3
    It was done in 1979. I did it at school in Essex and imagine the flowers must have come from somebody's garden. Maybe Penstemons.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    The stems look very thick for penstemons
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Nice work 👍 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Maybe snapdragons?
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    • The flowers look very much like penstemon. Maybe the leaves are made up. It happens😉
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • valerierobertsvalerieroberts Posts: 726
    Hello, are you wanting to grow some in your garden? Valerie 
  • robertulphrobertulph Posts: 3
    valerieroberts said:
    Hello, are you wanting to grow some in your garden? Valerie 
    No, I just wanted a name for the picture.

    I'll go with Penstemons. It's quite possible that I only paid attention to the flowers and just made up the rest.
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