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> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --Boundary_(ID_BM7jcCamjQav3ZSpqnO+fw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable I should wait for a botanist to chime in here, but I think it is indeed meadowsweet, S. latifolia, which does have pinkish flowers among the mostly white ones, whereas steeplebush is much more pink and the flower clusters much more cylindrical, I think, too. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville ---------- From: Kent Mullin <kmullin@ns.sympatico.ca> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:30:50 -0300 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] White Meadowsweet(Spiraea latifolia) Sorry Hans,=A0 =A0 =A0=A0 =A0=A0 =A0=A0 =A0=A0 =A0=A0 =A0=A0 =A0=A0 =A0Your photo is not of White Meadow Sweet (or rather, just Meadow Sweet) - Spiraea latifolia,=A0but instead it is of Steeple Bush - Spiraea tomentosa. The bush and flowers look almost identical, but latifoli= a is white and tomentosa is pink. Regards, K. On 30-Jul-07, at 8:59 AM, Hans Toom wrote: Hi all, =A0 My thanks to Jean Timpa and David Webster on this ID.=A0 Common US name is White Meadowsweet.=A0 The photograph on the USDA website is a perfect match t= o my photo.=A0 Compare them here: =A0 http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=3DSPALL =A0 http://www.hanstoom.com/Highlights/Highlights41.html =A0 Hans ___________________________________________________________________________= _ ____________________ When viewing images tap F11 or View Full Screen and use the navigation buttons on my website ___________________________________________________________________________= _ ____________________ Hans Toom Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada E-mail: htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca Migration Count: http://hanstoom.com/NAMC/Index.html Nature Website: http://hanstoom.com ___________________________________________________________________________= _ ____________________ --Boundary_(ID_BM7jcCamjQav3ZSpqnO+fw) Content-type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>FW: [NatureNS] White Meadowsweet(Spiraea latifolia)</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> I should wait for a botanist to chime in here, but I think it is indeed mea= dowsweet, S. latifolia, which does have pinkish flowers among the mostly whi= te ones, whereas steeplebush is much more pink and the flower clusters much = more cylindrical, I think, too. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville<BR> ----------<BR> <B>From: </B>Kent Mullin <kmullin@ns.sympatico.ca><BR> <B>Reply-To: </B>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR> <B>Date: </B>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:30:50 -0300<BR> <B>To: </B>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR> <B>Subject: </B>Re: [NatureNS] White Meadowsweet(Spiraea latifolia)<BR> <BR> Sorry Hans,=A0<BR> =A0 =A0=A0 =A0=A0 =A0=A0 =A0=A0 =A0=A0 =A0=A0 =A0=A0 =A0Your photo is not of White Meadow Sweet (or rather,= just Meadow Sweet) - Spiraea latifolia,=A0but instead it is of Steeple Bush -= Spiraea tomentosa. The bush and flowers look almost identical, but latifoli= a is white and tomentosa is pink.<BR> Regards,<BR> K.<BR> <BR> <BR> On 30-Jul-07, at 8:59 AM, Hans Toom wrote:<BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE><FONT SIZE=3D"2"><FONT FACE=3D"Arial">Hi all,<BR> </FONT></FONT>=A0<BR> <FONT SIZE=3D"2"><FONT FACE=3D"Arial">My thanks to Jean Timpa and David Webster= on this ID.=A0 Common US name is White Meadowsweet.=A0 The photograph on the US= DA website is a perfect match to my photo.=A0 Compare them here:<BR> </FONT></FONT>=A0<BR> <FONT SIZE=3D"2"><FONT FACE=3D"Arial">http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbo= l=3DSPALL<BR> </FONT></FONT>=A0<BR> <FONT SIZE=3D"2"><FONT FACE=3D"Arial">http://www.hanstoom.com/Highlights/Highli= ghts41.html<BR> </FONT></FONT>=A0<BR> <FONT SIZE=3D"2"><FONT FACE=3D"Arial">Hans<BR> ___________________________________________________________________________= _____________________<BR> When viewing images tap F11 or View Full Screen and use the navigation butt= ons on my website<BR> ___________________________________________________________________________= _____________________<BR> Hans Toom<BR> Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR> E-mail: htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca<BR> Migration Count: http://hanstoom.com/NAMC/Index.html<BR> Nature Website: http://hanstoom.com <BR> ___________________________________________________________________________= _____________________<BR> </FONT></FONT><BR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <BR> </BODY> </HTML> --Boundary_(ID_BM7jcCamjQav3ZSpqnO+fw)--
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