Welsh Flower Seeds

[VirginVegGrower]

All Welshies, I'm looking for ideas of what seeds or flowers I can sow/plant on Tansy's grave please. She is a Welsh Terrier and whilst I have Tansy seeds, my mum suggested Welsh Poppies. Are there any others that would be appropriate please?
Thanks in advance.

[chris]

I should have some welsh poppies if you need any, they self seed around mine and my neighbours houses.

Not sure of any other native ones though sorry.

[VirginVegGrower]

Thanks Chris, I'd like that.

[chris]

Ill have a look for you tonight when I'm back. I need to send someone else them too.

[veggiechicken]

What about daffodils? Miniature ones that will come up about this time of year. I'll have a think about flower seeds.

[VirginVegGrower]

Yes we have lots up in that area, but some around the actual slate would be lovely. Thanks. I just can't think straight at the minute but the daffodil is an obvious choice.

[veggiechicken]

You could all plant the bulbs too and once the daffs have finished the Welsh poppies and tansy would take over. A yellow bed of sunshine to remember her by.

[VirginVegGrower]

You could all plant the bulbs too and once the daffs have finished the Welsh poppies and tansy would take over. A yellow bed of sunshine to remember her by.

Yes I like that. Thanks VC

[binley100]

I this any use...
Flowers

Many of the flowering plants found in Wales are common throughout the rest of the United Kingdom, although several are restricted to the region. Snowdon lily (Lloydia serotina), named for Wales' highest mountain, is found only on the slopes of Mount Snowdon. Although the species is also found in North America, the Welsh variety has distinct genetic differences that have prompted botanists to reconsider its classification. It is a bulb-borne flower with a five-petalled, open shape and creamy white colouration veined with maroon lines. Cuckoo flower (Cardamine pratensis) is a herbaceous perennial found throughout Wales. The pale-pink, four-petalled flowers are widely cultivated by gardeners in the United Kingdom. Bog rosemary (Andromeda polifolia) is a small flowering shrub common in central Wales. True to its name, it grows in boggy peatlands and moorlands where it thrives in the acidic and consistently moist soil.

[binley100]

Wiki has a plant base chart as well .....need to scroll right down to Wales
County flowers of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[VirginVegGrower]

I this any use...
Flowers

Many of the flowering plants found in Wales are common throughout the rest of the United Kingdom, although several are restricted to the region. Snowdon lily (Lloydia serotina), named for Wales' highest mountain, is found only on the slopes of Mount Snowdon. Although the species is also found in North America, the Welsh variety has distinct genetic differences that have prompted botanists to reconsider its classification. It is a bulb-borne flower with a five-petalled, open shape and creamy white colouration veined with maroon lines. Cuckoo flower (Cardamine pratensis) is a herbaceous perennial found throughout Wales. The pale-pink, four-petalled flowers are widely cultivated by gardeners in the United Kingdom. Bog rosemary (Andromeda polifolia) is a small flowering shrub common in central Wales. True to its name, it grows in boggy peatlands and moorlands where it thrives in the acidic and consistently moist soil.

Campion would go great up there on the field edge. We used to have red campion wild along the woodland but it has since gone. I have a beautiful photo of Tansy with that in the foreground, so another good choice thank you!

[veggiechicken]

If you can wait a few months I'll collect some genuine Welsh Campion seeds for you from my garden (either)!! or some bluebells from my wood - or even a naturalised daffodil that has been here for at least 30 years to my knowledge. Just say the word and they will be yours.

[VirginVegGrower]

If you can wait a few months I'll collect some genuine Welsh Campion seeds for you from my garden (either)!! or some bluebells from my wood - or even a naturalised daffodil that has been here for at least 30 years to my knowledge. Just say the word and they will be yours.

I'd love the campion and daffs please VC. Maybe we can meet at Malvern Spring again. I have English bluebells in the wood and so avoid any others, but really appreciate the sentiment. I just don't want to upset the balance of the wood. It's not an English-Welsh thing. Honestly

[veggiechicken]

Not sure that I want the Welsh and English bluebells to meet up - goodness knows what they would get up to By Malvern time, I should be able to dig up some campion plants and the daffs will have flowered. I'll send you some photos of them as they are rather weird and not to everyone's taste! They are multipetalled but some petals are green. They were growing in the orchard here when we came, over 30 years ago, and there were lots of them. Then horses grazed it and many of them disappeared. Since we bought the land about 10 years ago, more and more have been coming back each year. I like them - but I'm odd (as you know!!)

[VirginVegGrower]

They sound lovely to me. The colouring sounds nice and will be a rather fitting tribute from one Welshie to another.