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1 looks like Echium italicum 2 is certainly Verbascum sinuatum 3 is a plant that does not interest me much but it makes yellow flowers like Dandelion so maybe you have a direction for your research!

http://hoffmannursery.com/plants/pennis ... es-hameln/

http://www.siergras.com/siergrassen-fot ... des-hameln

Non native ornamental slightly invasive, sorry don't know the name! Yes I know where that is found and it is also found in some other places where it is not supposed to be found!

IL-PINE wrote:it's not common in the wild.
it is cultivated but mostly in older gardens. one sprouted out of nowhere in the walls of my mother's garden
It is a fern of eastern Asia.

Ah, got you. I too ahem, "found" one growing in the rock-cut walls of a cellar stairwell in an old house.

IL-PINE wrote:it is not a common fern! where did you see it?

It's not uncommon, but it's a cultivated fern. Is it also a Mediterranean species?

Actually looking it up here (thanks MWP) it's "probably" http://www.maltawildplants.com/FABC/Lat ... ymenum.php as I have never seen L. odoratus in the wild. I have in Sicily though, its flower is much much larger than L. clymenum.

RB

1, 2 sure as hell looks like wild carrot daucus carota.

3, looks like wild sweet pea empty pods (this is not the real name but look it up, however the local version is smaller than the Sicilian one)

This is Cydonia oblonga. We make juice, jelly, liqueur or liquor from the fruit. Monika Tasted jelly-like dessert in Sicily beginning of this month made from "melocotone", apparently it is a typical sweet for that period. It was delicious, it looks like regular jelly so I was not expecting much, bu...

Wonder whether "hatab" was actually collected for burning - as in the common reference to hatab as general brushwood specifically for the fire i.e. whether our common usage of this word was derived from this plant and its previous purpose. It grows and propagates somewhat slowly I suspect that if it...

Probably too much water - probably needs growing in pure compost as it is difficult to maintain correct humidity levels in a pot when using any local soil. I tend to lose Cistus that way, this year have sown in a mix of compost and a decent percentage of Etna lava sand which makes the medium very ve...

Anthyllis hermanniae. Very pretty when there are lots of them in flower, turning the garigue into a patchwork of yellow. Quite localised, generally up north such as the east side plateau in Mellieha, where there are quite a few Cistus creticus.

RB

It usually flowers in late spring, is not very common, usually in disturbed ground - in fields that are left fallow, etc. I believe this is also a cultivated flowering plant, probably with care the flower display is much more impressive, I once grew Verbascum sinuatum and it bore little comparison t...

Top one, "hatab" is the Maltese name, need to look up the Latin... bottom is an escaped ornamental, Lantana camara, available in a zillion different colours and very popular with butterflies such as the Red Admiral and Painted Lady. Actually correction, MWP says Lantana montevidensis for the trailin...

No actually but the Anchusa is very tempting... just never got round to collecting seeds at the right time...

RB

Second, Silene vulgaris (probably)

You do make things difficult hahaha next you'll be showing us some compost to ID

chea wrote:I've searched long time, but didn't find the names of this plants.
Regards
Monika

Third one, Sedum caeruleum, second one need to look it up as have memory loss

Good one Pine! For some reason my subconscious suggested Anchusa azurea which I knew it wasn't but now I realise why, I get these two confused...

RB

Win some, lose some mefunx - you have a lot more water there, and you can also enjoy certain plants and trees that simply die in the heat of Summer here. Such as holly, chestnut, so many more...

Love this plant, it reminds me of walking in dry abandoned fields in high Summer, one can smell this plant without even touching it.

No surprise, I have one at home...

Very extensive root system, needs a large pot, larger than one might think considering what's above ground.

Hi MWP, just wondering, is the OP mefunx a non registered guest? (I need to add I don't have any problem at all with the OP!) His username is not clickable so I suspect as much. In fact before answering I thought he had deregistered himself and may not even view my reply. Just asking if perhaps by s...

http://www.maltawildplants.com/ASTR/Dit ... iscosa.php

Still very common

RB

So officially the season is open

Nice to (eventually) get a change of colour in the countryside. Mind you, Gozo was already greening last week.

As you must know MWP!

RB

Fantastic, thanks.

Will try to propagate!

Got some Elm seedlings doing well

RB

"Dix Points" :-D Yup that's it 100% I confirm I have seen this before in Sicily in several places but only now bothered. Incidentally and unrelatedly, saw a lot of Sage (Salvia, not Phlomis - although they share the same habitat and are commonly found together) of which as far as I know there is non...

I saw this in Sicily, but recall, and after searching, found this thread: http://www.maltawildplants.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1220&highlight=grass+bahrija BUT - it's not it. Or at least, it's not Cortaderia, I do not know whether or not MWP's find was actually that, perhaps without seeing the the i...

IL-PINE wrote:its a pity how degradation has affected a large part of our islands.
at least we have RB propagating most of our flora

"most" haha, that is a "slight" exaggeration!

RB

I take the example above as a perfect representation of the farce that is "protection", in both senses, both as being unreasonable and stupid in many instances, and meaningless in others. Those orchids may well be protected, but as soon as any plans are finalised for that prime site, that rock will ...

No mysteries there, Morus nigra and Cyrtomium falcatum.

http://crdp.ac-besancon.fr/flore/Morace ... _nigra.htm

http://www.baumkunde.de/Morus_nigra/Bild1/

If the "default" species, as I suspect, they are not rare, just a bit "old skool" and more likely to be found in old houses possibly with old owners, they are typical house plants of days gone by together with "Felci", Aspidistra, and Galletti. I once swiped a tiny one growing at the entrance to a c...