• Question: what's your favourite plant?

    Asked by elmo97 to Andrew, Emma, Marianne on 23 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Andrew Maynard

      Andrew Maynard answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      Hi elmo97,

      Tricky one that. I like willow trees – especially weeping willows.

    • Photo: Marianne Baker

      Marianne Baker answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      Hmmmm.

      Ooh I know, monkey puzzle tree!

      Every time I see one, I just have to say… monkey puzzle tree!
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araucaria_araucana

    • Photo: anon

      anon answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      Elmo, this is ideally suited to Emma. i look forward to hearing her wax lyrical on her bestest leafy chum!

      I have a fondness for dandelions. Not just because you can make wishes with them.

      Did you know they are called ‘piss the bed’ because their roots are potent diuretics? A diuretic causes you to pass more water and we use them in medicine to help people with heart failure and high blood pressure (diuretics not dandelions).

      They are called dandelions from the french dents-de-lions or lion’s teeth which i gruess implies that lions don’t have very good dentition.

    • Photo: Emma Pilgrim

      Emma Pilgrim answered on 23 Jun 2010:

      Hello

      My favourite plant is the Pasque flower

      http://www.bioimages.org.uk/html/p5/p56284.php

      because it is pretty and delicate. It flowers around easter time.

      This web site is also useful for looking up a range of different plants and I would highly recommend it

      http://www.bioimages.org.uk

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