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Novoiceleft
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Postby Novoiceleft » April 5th, 2019, 9:07 pm

Right at the end of Gardeners World just now, he showed an exotic red or yellow plant that is pollinated by birds. Looked stunning.

What was it ?

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Re: Gardeners world

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Postby Breelander » April 5th, 2019, 9:44 pm

Novoiceleft wrote:Right at the end of Gardeners World just now, he showed an exotic red or yellow plant that is pollinated by birds. Looked stunning.

What was it ?


Imperial fritillary

https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/7383/Frit ... is/Details

A BOTANIST working in Cambridge has shown that a European flower is pollinated by a bird. The flower, the crown imperial fritillary, Fritillaria imperialis, which is common in European gardens, is pollinated by the bluetit...
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg ... not-reach/


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