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Article: OUTDOORS: The spectacular Himalayan balsam.(Features)
- Article from:
- The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
- Article date:
- July 20, 2002
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Byline: Paul Cormacain
THE Himalayan balsam and the foxgloves were in close proximity. Spectacular flowers, both of them, very colourful and very imposing.
You may guess that the Himalayan balsam is a foreign flower, and you would be right. One authoritive book affirms that the flower was first introduced into England in 1839, and was subsequently grown in green houses. Then it escaped. It gradually spread into suitable locations in Britain.
On this side of the Irish Sea, the botanical history is less exact. It may have been a hot house flower, and ...
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