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Wild Plant if please

Mousey3Mousey3 Posts: 86
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On a recent walk in our nearby field this week, I’ve spotted a very pretty flower along some edges. Any ideas please? 
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  • robairdmacraignilrobairdmacraignil Posts: 782
    Is it a plantain plant?
    https://www.youtube.com/user/sustainableveg/videos
  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700
    Think they might be Ribwort Plantain, Plantago Lanceolata.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Borderline said:
    Think they might be Ribwort Plantain, Plantago Lanceolata.
    Yes. 

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





  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    If you pick one and loop the stem around the head, you can fire them across the field. Much childhood fun.
  • Mousey3Mousey3 Posts: 86
    Brilliant! Thank you all!
  • Mousey3Mousey3 Posts: 86
    Fire said:
    If you pick one and loop the stem around the head, you can fire them across the field. Much childhood fun.
    I will definitely try that with my kids! Thanks!
  • Mousey3Mousey3 Posts: 86
    Would these work in a garden do you think, or are they best as a wildflower? We have bought a new house and have a lawned garden with no plants at all!
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Not really garden plants @Mousey3. If you need help with a bare plot, load a few pix on a  new thread, with some basic info [aspect, soil type,climate, how much time you have to spend etc]  and you'll get help with doing a border or bed   :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Mousey3Mousey3 Posts: 86
    Fairygirl said:
    Not really garden plants @Mousey3. If you need help with a bare plot, load a few pix on a  new thread, with some basic info [aspect, soil type,climate, how much time you have to spend etc]  and you'll get help with doing a border or bed   :)

    wonderful! I’ll defo do that! 😚

  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    Yes, Plantain.  You could always make tea with the leaves!! (Herbal infusion:  check on Google).  Fire:  we used to do that too, as kids - still doesn't stop me doing that now when out walking!  Or finding fairy toothbrushes in the Wandering Jew(Dew)?
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

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