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Old 13-03-2012, 09:37 PM   #1
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Question Can i please get an ID on these

Hello can i please get an ID on these
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Old 13-03-2012, 11:08 PM   #2
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Pic 9 is Aqualegia or granny's bonnets and it is not tortoise edible. This plant is also in some of the other photos.
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Old 13-03-2012, 11:11 PM   #3
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Pics 2, 3 and 4 all have a dark leaved plant on the right side and this is a variegated Bugle and that plant is edible. Its got tannin I think in it which might put some tortoises off but it's not a toxic plant and can be fed.
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Old 13-03-2012, 11:13 PM   #4
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The blue flower in photo no 2 looks like a spring bulb and I never feed anything out of a bulb.
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Old 14-03-2012, 12:09 AM   #5
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Don't think you've got anything edible there apart from the thistle which is a bit prickly!!
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Old 14-03-2012, 10:10 AM   #6
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A general rule of thumb is that ll bulbs are out - so the blue flowered bulb (chinodoxa?) should not be fed.

6. Is Primula -primrose and is do not feed

7. Field thistle - edible... but torts are only likely to touch it when it's very young and the prickles are soft. Joe ignores them.

9. Aqualegia - don't know
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Old 14-03-2012, 11:00 AM   #7
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pic 4 is willowherb, not toxic but not tort food. pic 1 I can't remember but isn't edible. the others are as said already
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Old 14-03-2012, 01:18 PM   #8
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Pic 1 might be sneezewort- which isn't edible.
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