Furzels

February 4, 2010 8:41 PM | Related Categories: Just Photos

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I'd have sworn that was teasel, but I bow to your superior botanic knowledge........... Nice picture though.
# Posted By Marie Celeste | 2/4/10 11:54 PM
L'écossais, que tu es, aime les chardons, et moi je suis lorraine et le chardon est le symbole de la Lorraine.
Il en est de deux types, il y a la cardère des champs qui met plusieurs années à pouvoir hausser sa hampe et monte en graine en général près de clôtures car elle n'aura pas été broutée.
Et il y a la cardère qui servait autrefois dans l'industrie textile pour carder les étoffes. D'où le nom de la plante : la cardère.
Seulement la cardère des villes est plus difficile à pousser, elle demande des soins attentifs ; elle est en voie de disparition.
A la différence de celle des champs, sans doute celle que tu nous montres ici et qui est moins régulière de forme.
# Posted By Cergie | 2/5/10 1:10 PM
Furzel??
Is that a real name?
# Posted By freefalling | 2/5/10 8:34 PM
Furzel? Obiosuly, according to Cergie, these are thistles...; and you should be able to recognise! :-)

These last b&w shots are really nice! Which camera are you now using? Happy with your little Canon?
# Posted By Peter | 2/5/10 10:47 PM
Thanks everyone, but I confess I made up the name furzel. Not out of sheer mischief but just because I don't have many plant-words in my vocabulary. I think it was inspired by the similarly imaginary "woozle" from winnie-the-pooh.

FF - thanks for your ever-welcome visits. Unfortunately I can't return the compliment because your blog only allows fully paid-up Blogger-bloggers or Open-ID sorts to participate, not unidentifiable low-life such as myself. But I still READ it!
# Posted By Richard | 2/6/10 7:30 PM
What? What? What??
You can't comment on my blog??
But I miss your pithy (i said - pithy) comments.
I shall allow access to the common people.

I think furzel should be a real name.
# Posted By freefalling | 2/7/10 9:20 AM
So we all got confused about the furzel ... and it's a pure invention!!! :-)
# Posted By Peter | 2/9/10 12:38 AM
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