tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873172810633763437.post2319555676094201552..comments2024-01-02T08:33:01.110+00:00Comments on Abbey Meadows: Northumberland's county flower!abbey meadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13293023923907992548noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873172810633763437.post-48894426859048274572010-05-10T18:31:51.181+01:002010-05-10T18:31:51.181+01:00Thanks Dean...Stewart I've only seen them at t...Thanks Dean...Stewart I've only seen them at two sites in the county at Morpeth and Longwitton Dene but they are also found at Felton which is a bit closer to you.abbey meadowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293023923907992548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873172810633763437.post-88615189189516888632010-05-10T05:25:16.348+01:002010-05-10T05:25:16.348+01:00Nigel, in answer to your question, Yorkshire`s cou...Nigel, in answer to your question, Yorkshire`s county flower is the Harebell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873172810633763437.post-43179119749947333672010-05-09T20:30:14.647+01:002010-05-09T20:30:14.647+01:00I saw loads of Herb Paris in Slovakia! Still not s...I saw loads of Herb Paris in Slovakia! Still not seen one here though. As for Barren Strawberry, my garden is happed up with it....Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985665182124985194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873172810633763437.post-55422721718137618652010-05-09T11:18:44.938+01:002010-05-09T11:18:44.938+01:00I think Peter many plants were known and used for ...I think Peter many plants were known and used for their properties. Turner was told about Spignel (Meum athamanticum) as local people were using the roots of this plant but when described it was a plant that no herbalists knew about at that time. Turner said 'I never sawe thys herbe in Englande sauynge once at saynte Oswarldes (St Oswalds Haven fields)where the inhabiters call it Spiknel'(1548).abbey meadowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293023923907992548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873172810633763437.post-24719247391062728752010-05-09T10:18:53.886+01:002010-05-09T10:18:53.886+01:00How stange that herb paris is such a late discover...How stange that herb paris is such a late discovery - or is it that lots of plats were being documented for the first time at this point?Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005369813606203021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873172810633763437.post-7544982502473638942010-05-09T09:45:09.710+01:002010-05-09T09:45:09.710+01:00Thanks Dean. I'm a bit biased, there are plent...Thanks Dean. I'm a bit biased, there are plenty of plants that could be the county flower. Lanarkshire's county plant is Young's Helloborine..a plant first discovered in Northumberland! I wonder what your plant is Dean.abbey meadowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293023923907992548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873172810633763437.post-3535041649657506532010-05-09T05:27:32.652+01:002010-05-09T05:27:32.652+01:00Great pics of a great flower Nigel and one i`ve ne...Great pics of a great flower Nigel and one i`ve never seen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com