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Nutcracker
Stop Brexit!
Probably an escaped garden cultivar :t:
These are a regularly occurring form in the wild. More likely these have in the past been selected for garden cultivars!
Nutcracker
Stop Brexit!
That intensely pink? I'd suspect any this pink have at least some cultivated selection in their ancestry.
Available in a wide mix of colours as a garden plant now, as e.g. here.
Yes, I'm pretty sure this is just natural variation.
Nutcracker
Stop Brexit!
I'd only be willing to say that if (a) it was found in an area sufficiently remote from habitation to be well outside 2-3 generations of pollination and seed dispersal of selected cultivars, or (b) supported by 19th century or earlier herbarium specimens or descriptions :t:
Nutcracker
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On what grounds?
Surreybirder
Ken Noble
I found the specimen in a wilflower meadow. I'm pretty sure that it was sown from specially bought wildflower seed. But the odd 'escape' does occur from time to time. I'm pretty sure that the buddleia wasn't intended to grow there, for example.
Most of the yarrow is white.
Most of the yarrow is white.
