Gardengirl
Hertfordshire,UK
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| Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:55 am Post subject: Remind me please |
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I took this photo when at the Eden Project and I cannot for the life of me remember its name.....senior moment I suspect  I am sure someone will tell me
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playtime8978
blackpool england
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| Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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I cant help with a serious answer, but it sure looks like a thistle on steroids to me LOL
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Tammyd
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| Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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I googled it and it does look like a pic of Musk thistle that I saw. It has a prehistoric look!
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Canadian Chelsea
Ontario, Canada
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| Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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It looks like it is in the Protea family.
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Netty
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Southern Ontario zone 5a
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| Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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I think it's an Artichoke bloom 
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Gardengirl
Hertfordshire,UK
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| Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:26 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the replies. I had to chuckle at playtime's 'thistle on steroids' I have studied my gardening books and it most resembles Cynara cardunculus (Cardoon) but having said that I think you might be right folks it does look like an artichoke but I would have thought it would have been displayed in the vegetable section at Eden 
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Gardengirl
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| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:26 am Post subject: |
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Difficult to tell now Sjoerd as it was at Eden Project. It was very tall though so maybe a cardoon.
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Palustris
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The Cardoon is the wild variety of Artichoke so basically they are the same thing.
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