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Index of Subjects Thanks. Siberian scilla looks correct. And based on several pictures (none quite right and none of William-and-Mary) the borage is a Pulmonaria of some kind. Great. DW David&Jane Schlosberg wrote: >Could this be Siberian scilla and pulmonaria (William-and-Mary)? > >-----Original Message----- >From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca >[mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]On Behalf Of David & Alison >Webster >Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 6:48 PM >To: NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca >Subject: [NatureNS] Garden escapes > > >PS sent earlier as line dropped. perhaps a duplicate >Dear All, Apr 28, 2007 > We came across two garden escapes today that are doing nicely at the >side of the rail trail but do not know either. > > One is a lily of some kind; 1-cm bulb about 3-cm deep that bears >several, nearly erect, 10-cm long, parallel-sided leaves that are >U-shaped in cross section. Flowers simple, regular, pendant; calyx >lobes and petals blue and spreading slightly to form a bell shaped >flower borne (1-2) at the top of unbranched, nearly erect peduncles that >are nearly as long as the leaves. > > The other is boraginaceous (keys to _Mertensia paniculata_); >herbaceous perennial (?) or biennial, leaves ovate, alternate, broadly >acute, short pubescent, dull green and with pale spots on apical half of >upper surface. Calyx and corolla fused, regular, calyx rough pubescent, >12 mm long at anthesis, free teeth of calyx half as long as tube, >corolla lobes imbricate and pink in bud, open corolla with blue lobes >that become pink where fused filaments become free and narrowing below >to a nearly white parallel sided tube, corolla about 1 cm wide and 2 cm >long; stigma simple, ovary superior, of four nutlets. To judge from >shriveled flowers, it has been in flower for at least a week. > > Do these ring bells with anyone ? > >Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville > > >
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