another road trip... fantastic ...

i would never have suspected that those were the same plant ...

ken

ps: the hosta dude .... eric smith took the large blue elegans... freakishly flowering out of normal season.. and crossed it onto a later blooming small hosta.. to create a line of small blue hosta ... [this was state of the art breeding in early 1060s] ....his name included dorset.. samphire... and devon ... and now i suspect i know what area he lived in ... learn something new every day ... so i may as well go to bed.. but it is only 4 in the afternoon .. lol ..

https://www.hostahosta.com/Longiana.html

yea, it is great to watch modification in progress,

sometimes I manage to snap some pics,

like a 2 inches high Sedum or the overfed specimen of Sedum, taller than a foot, in some garden,

almost knee-high dandelion, often to be found at garden shows, where they go wild with the ferts in order to jumpstart everything...

What time of year did you take the pictures thefof? The Scilly plant is in full summer growth and flower. The Dorset example looks like an old plant in the off season. But it's true the habitat does make a difference to growth and appearance. The Scillies really are a strange world aren't they? They feel like Britain but not Britain. Did you go to Tresco?

Floral

The one taken at Durdle Door was taken in April, the other, was on Sunday.

He he. You can certainly say that for the Scillies. One of the many 'un-British' things, is that the commonest trees on the islands seem to be Metrosideros excelsa (New Zealand pohutukawa)

Yes, Tresco, was the reason I went.

ken

I suspect you have a case of dyslexic fingers. 1060 - Man he must have been OLD!!