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posted by [personal profile] cat63 at 08:22pm on 11/07/2011 under ,

Today I toddled out to the nursery/farm shop just outside the village, which had a much better selection of flowers than the garden centre. I bought a tray each of pansies and gazanias and a little yellow sysirinchium. Pictures of those later, but now some photos I took on the way there, to test the image hosting at Imageshack, since Flickr want money if I keep more than 200 photos there.

Sempervivum



Scabious with bee


Yarrow



Sempervivum flower.

Mood:: 'pleased' pleased
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posted by [identity profile] g8bur.livejournal.com at 07:46pm on 11/07/2011
Nice crisp flower pics (and the bee too). To me, the sempervivum looks a bit like a vegetable - a cross between a cabbage and an artichoke perhaps? :-)
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posted by [identity profile] cat63.livejournal.com at 07:53pm on 11/07/2011
Thank you! Not quite so windy today, so the flowers were a bit more co-operative :-)

To me, the sempervivum looks a bit like a vegetable - a cross between a cabbage and an artichoke perhaps? :-)

They do look a bit artichoke-like, I agree.

I don't think they're edible, but supposedly the sap can be used in the same way as that of Aloe Vera and is said to be soothing on burns. I haven't tested it though :-)
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posted by [identity profile] g8bur.livejournal.com at 08:45pm on 11/07/2011
Not quite so windy today, so the flowers were a bit more co-operative :-)

IKWYM :-) It's been quite calm here today too. The marjoram is in flower, so I may try some pictures of bees on it tomorrow.

...supposedly the sap can be used in the same way as that of Aloe Vera and is said to be soothing on burns. I haven't tested it though :-)

I think I'd avoid testing it too :-) I'd rather get something from the chemist, that would be rather more certain to work - and not to cause any odd side effects either.
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posted by [identity profile] cat63.livejournal.com at 12:18pm on 12/07/2011
I'd rather get something from the chemist, that would be rather more certain to work - and not to cause any odd side effects either.

:-) I'm not convinced about the sempervivum's other supposed power of protecting one's roof from lightning either :-)
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posted by [identity profile] g8bur.livejournal.com at 12:22pm on 12/07/2011
:-) I'm not convinced about the sempervivum's other supposed power of protecting one's roof from lightning either :-)

It's the 100ft. tall Sempervivum centipedaltum that does that :-)
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