wild flowering plant indidinous to britain but not switzerland cira 1905?!

Apr 13, 2005 3 Replies

Hello, i'm reearching for a BBC TV drama and I just wondered if anyon



can suggest a wild flowering plant that can be bouhgt in flower NOW that would have appeared in the british isles in the early 1900's bu WOULD NOT BE FOUND in Switzerland? We wanted to use Monbretia but w can't get them in flower now, can we use Phlox or Lupins?? Please help Many thanks, gareth. PS please reply to my prsonal e-mail, thanks: snipped-for-privacy@beeb.ne


-- gareth


Quoting gareth:

Why should anyone bother to answer your query if you can't even be troubled to monitor the thread for responses?

Why shouldn't anyone?

-paghat the ratgirl

english bluebell.....god knows wot the latin for that is now

snake's head fritillary....Fritillaria meleagris

Gorse...Ulex europaeus

wood anemone ... Anemone nemorosa

globe flower ... Trollius europaeus

pasque flower ... Anemone pulsatilla

i'm sure theres more

-- Eyebright

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