Thursday 10 June 2010

Alphabe-Thursday U is for Unusual

First of all I would like to thank you if you visited my "T" post last week. Teacher put me at the front of the class and I had lots more comments than usual - so that was unusual! I didn't manage to come and visit you all. And if you read my "S" post then HERE is the link to the post I did afterwards about the Suffolk Show.

Now, here is a rather unusual flower. I wonder if you know what it is.




It grew in the garden of my old house one year. Later it grew a lot bigger and the colours faded a bit and it looked like this



Well, let me tell you the answer. It's a foxglove, but a very unusual one, I think you will agree. Why it did what it did, I do not know, and it never did it again, although someone did tell me that it is a mutation caused by a virus!

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18 comments:

  1. Hi again! I´m sure I´ve seen foxgloves like that in the English countryside some years ago! They´re my favourite British wild flower after bluebells!

    Wishing you a Happy Alphabe-Thursday!

    LOLA:)

    PS Mine this week is HERE. Hope you can join me!

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  2. It is very unusual. i love it!!
    Great photo.

    heather

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  3. Foxgloves grow wild everywhere here and I've never seen one as interesting as that one - foxgloves and hollyhocks are my favorites....well, and peonies, and maybe bluebells and daisies.....and tulips....

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  4. so gorgeous and HUGE - hear it's poisonous though :D

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  5. Wow!! I've tried to compare the two pictures, but can't see how it turned to that!

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  6. I have to agree with unusual!! We use to have loads of foxgloves in our garden, but I've never seen one like that.

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  7. That looks a little creepy! Reminds me of Little Shop of Horrors!

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  8. I'm with Molly--a little Shop of Horrors-y. EWWWW.

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  9. I've never seen one that looks like that either! Very cool, thanks for sharing it with the class...

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  10. oh wow, that is spectacular ... thanks for sharing this!!!

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  11. The two look so different, wow. I guess whatever was wrong with it, it must have cleared up on its own. That is VERY unusual. Great u post.

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  12. That is quite different than any foxglove I have seen before. Pretty but different. Thanks for sharing.

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  13. I love it! Beautiful choice for your "U"...peace and blessings

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  14. never heard of it. sadly. But I think it is beautiful and it reminds me of a bandana

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  15. Very unusual...and BIG!

    Susan

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  16. Wow, that is really unusual for a foxglove. I wonder if you saved the seeds from that blossom what would have happened?

    I really enjoyed this stop on Alphabe-Thursday's journey through the letter "U"!

    That was definitely an unbelievably cool picture!

    Thank you for linking!

    A+

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  17. That is gorgeous! Hm...regarding Jenny's comment...that would be great if you did save the seeds and see what happened...

    Blessings & Aloha!

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  18. UTTERLY UNUSUAL! And beautiful...

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