I haven't a clue. I have only seen them in a few spots on the T & M and I have no idea what they are. Any idea's?
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- Ian and Irene Jameison
- In 1977 we hired our first narrowboat from Anglo Welsh at Market Harborough.From that moment our destiny was set. In 2006 we finally purchased our own brand new 57' narrowboat which we named 'Free Spirit'. Our aim is to travel the length and breadth of all the navigable rivers and canals of the UK. This will be our story as it unfolds.
Friday 25 March 2011
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3 comments:
They are the flowers of butterbur, they come through before the huge leaves appear. I believe it is called butterbur because, in the past, they used the leaves to wrap fresh butter.
Now there's a green alternative for wrapping.
Sheila reckons they are the flower spikes of gunnera, the giant rhubarb plant, but Google research is ongoing! (There's an awful lot of Gunnera spp.)
All the best
Bruce
They're the flowers of butterbur, they appear before the huge leaves start to show. At one time the leaves of the plant were used to wrap butter, hence the name.
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