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Posted by Angela Exall on 6/8/2004, 8:43 pm, in reply to "Re: Bartsia Alpina?"
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Description of BA-------Multi stemmed (hairy).approx 15ins tall. Top 2-3 inches of each stem bright purple leaves (pink on the pink ones ,white on the white ones!}Flowers in whirls round the lower stem (4) tiny, a bit like vetch with purple above and white below petals, green sepals supported by 2 green leaves. These are at intervals roughly 2cms apart. The flowers on the pink leafed ones are pink and white, and on the white leafed ones all white.My scanner not working at the moment but have taken a photo. They seem to seed themselves at various points in the garden always in sunny spots. They could have started from a wild bird seed mix as the first ones I noticed are near a bird table. They seem very happy and make a lovely show!
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