Hi, Can anybody give me an exact latin name for this beautiful plant I found this afternoon please? It reminds me of an orchid or an antirrhinum/snapdragon. The 'mouth' opend in the same way. Many thanks in advance.
Looks like Cymbalaria. Possibly Cymbalaria muralis. Common name Ivy- leaved toadflax. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymbalaria_muralis http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgu...b:IE-ContextMenu&rlz=1I7SUNA_en-GB&tbs=isch:1 It is in Plantaginaceae. The same family as Antirrhinum.
Thank you very much silver surfer....once again you come to the rescue. So basically , is it a weed? If it is, it is very beautiful. I see it is related to snapdragon, is trycertis, the toad lily related? My niece has a fishpond that has a surround of broken grey flags/slabs, I am wondering if it would be wise to plant it in between the wall/slabs? I would appreciate an opinion, or should I just treat it as a weed?
It's a pretty thing, and grows on walls here. It's not particular thuggish, and I would think it ideal for between paving stones. Just because it's a native wildflower, and not one developed by nurserymen or imported "for garden use", is no reason to despise it. If you like it, and I do, grow it.
I like Cymbalaria and grow it. Yes, it does spread, but is easy enough to pull out. Tricyrtis is not related, it is in the Lily family. Liliaceae. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liliaceae
Nic, I did google this plant, and one of the things that I found, which I thought was quite funny, an American site was selling this plant for sale at £48 for 24 plants !!!! I think I will try and transplant some and just hope !! Sometimes things can be transplanted and be happy and take and others just fail, but think I will give it a go, it is so beautiful, thanks for your opinion.
