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Is this tiny flower Cow Parsley or something else?

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 10:29 pm
by DreamKitty
So this tiny white flower has been growing in my garden, I picked it up. The flowers were in clusters, very close together, the stalks were of medium length and had around 4 petals each with a yellow centre. 2 big petals and then the other two were smaller. The smell of the flowers is musky & sweet. Im wondering if it is either, cow parsely, yarrow, poisonous hemlock or something completly different. They look so alike, im confused. But anyway, I see it in lots of people's gardens.

Here is a photo, I resized the pic so it might look a bit weird lol. :mrgreen:

Re: Is this tiny flower Cow Parsley or something else?

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 7:05 am
by Davie Crockett
It is Candytuft. It comes in many colours and is a perennial. Not poisonous to my knowledge.....http://www.growsonyou.com/shop/product/3991

Re: Is this tiny flower Cow Parsley or something else?

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 9:34 am
by DreamKitty
Thanks Davie, feels so good now that I know :cheers: . I had been searching this flower for ages, I knew that it couldn't be cow parsley because the leaf description is different. I thought it can't be yarrow either as it has 5 petals instead of 4. I was actually on the verge of eating it out of frustration lol but after doing some further googling, I found that it is inedible and has no medical use other. Oh well, the flowers that adorable to look at. :flower:

Re: Is this tiny flower Cow Parsley or something else?

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 1:41 pm
by boboff
Never play with your carrots when cow parsley is in flower, or your MIL is staying.

Re: Is this tiny flower Cow Parsley or something else?

Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 6:37 am
by Millymollymandy
Iberis, good, I got it right. :lol: Cow parsley is more likely to be seen in ditches and fields in the countryside and less so in people's gardens in London!