Norwich Daily Photo

Friday, August 3rd, 2007

Purple Flower

These purple flowers intrigued me as I was walking up Unthank Road. They were in the front lawn of the Beeches Hotel. I love flowers and being surrounded by them because to me they are like angels smiling.

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1. Fénix

   on Saturday, August 4th, 2007 at 12:41 am:

   Lovely, aren’t they? Their common name in English is “Foxglove” but I think their Latin name is much nicer: Digitalis purpurea.

   I have many dozens of them growing in my cottage. They are very hardy perennials (grow back every year) and require almost no care at all. And they are very long lasting flowers in the garden and also as cut flowers (they’ll last at least a week in a vase if you change the water every day).

   I think I probably told you more than you ever wanted to know about these beauties, huh?

   Cheers from Boston.

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2. Ashwathy

   on Saturday, August 4th, 2007 at 2:28 am:

   Beautiful!

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3. slinger

   on Saturday, August 4th, 2007 at 4:19 am:

   very nice, love the colors

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4. joy

   on Saturday, August 4th, 2007 at 9:37 am:

   Hi Fenix! Thanks for the info. Didn’t really know what they’re called so you did me a favour. Thanks for dropping by!

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5. joy

   on Saturday, August 4th, 2007 at 9:38 am:

   There will be lots more lovely flowers in the future, slinger and aswathy!

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6. moi

   on Sunday, August 5th, 2007 at 4:59 pm:

   we know them as foxgloves……very pretty flowers and such a perfect summer color too!!!

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7. xtin

   on Friday, August 17th, 2007 at 3:50 pm:

   a clear blue sky is always a great background, esp for flowers!

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8. joy

   on Friday, August 17th, 2007 at 9:11 pm:

   I know, ati! And blue skies in the UK are even more precious because we don’t often see them!

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