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Posted on December 3, 2018

Are Daffodils a native Irish flower?

The thought occurred to me randomly, and wasn’t sorted out by a few seconds of Ecosia searching (but it’s not Google) – only this article by Dick Warner from 2011:…

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Posted on September 17, 2018September 3, 2018

Extinct in Ireland, September 17th, Pheasant’s Eye (Adonis annua)

Another pretty flower with a pretty name – pretty names, indeed, as Adonis annua has a pleasingly alliterative ring. And extinct in Ireland. I came across this elegy for Adonis…

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