Solved plant id

hi we see these plants up the local park and would like to know if anyone knows what they are as we would like to add them to our garden thanks for your help and advice

 

Don't know what the top one is I'm afraid, bottom one is Stachys byzantina. It has an interesting relationship with the Wool Carder Bee...

Plant lambs' ears and keep wool carder bees happy

Nick

 

Top one looks like sisyrinchium striatum.

 

thanks for your replys can you advise what is the best way to get seeds of these plants thanks

 

Thanks I was thinking of getting seeds from the plants in the park or is it allowed? But not sure how

 

I'm not completely sure, but I think you're allowed to take seed, just not to pick the flowers or take any other part(s) of the plant(s). That certainly was 'unofficial policy' from what I remember from volunteering at my local country park a couple of decades ago!

Nick

 

So if you can't take flowers how can you take seeds from flowers

 

Hehe, confusing isn't it @Gizmo, I didn't get that either. I think with parks they simply don't want their displays ruined, if everyone just took a few flowers that appealed to them there soon wouldn't be any left for the community to enjoy. They are typically more relaxed about people taking a few seeds. Rules are usually stricter with regard to taking wildflowers or their seed because by doing that you could be reducing a rare native plant's chances of propagating itself.

Nick