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Mike D · Friday 8th August 2003, 19:42

Growing alongside the River Yare above Cringleford. Many plants growing alongside normal pink ones.
Not true albinos - observe the slight pink tint inside the trumpet - but I have never seen this variation before.

Michael Frankis · Friday 8th August 2003, 20:45

Hi Mike,

That's Great Willowherb (Epilobium hirsutum) you've got there, not Rosebay (E. angustifolium)

Same white-instead-of-pink applies, though. A good find!

Michael

Mike D · Saturday 9th August 2003, 00:19

Hi Michael,
Thanks for putting me right, I must admit I have been wrong for years, just content to call all the large Willowherbs 'Rose-Bay'.
Interesting nevertheless.

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Mike D Hare today - gone tomorrow! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Norwich Posts: 272	White Rose-Bays Growing alongside the River Yare above Cringleford. Many plants growing alongside normal pink ones. Not true albinos - observe the slight pink tint inside the trumpet - but I have never seen this variation before. Attached Thumbnails

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Michael Frankis conehead Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: . Posts: 6,794	Hi Mike, That's Great Willowherb (Epilobium hirsutum) you've got there, not Rosebay (E. angustifolium) Same white-instead-of-pink applies, though. A good find! Michael __________________ My signature

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Saturday 9th August 2003, 00:19	#3
Mike D Hare today - gone tomorrow! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Norwich Posts: 272	Hi Michael, Thanks for putting me right, I must admit I have been wrong for years, just content to call all the large Willowherbs 'Rose-Bay'. Interesting nevertheless.

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