Comments on: Plant Profile: Queen Anne’s Lace (Daucus carota) http://www.karensgardentips.com/plant-profiles-how-to-grow/plant-profile-queen-annes-lace-daucus-carota/ Practical tips to help you get the most out of your garden. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:19:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/plant-profiles-how-to-grow/plant-profile-queen-annes-lace-daucus-carota/comment-page-1/#comment-712 Karen Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:18:22 +0000 http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=1884#comment-712 You are so right about QAL not being native and thanks for making the distinction between native and wild. The Encyclopedia Britannica describes it as "Eurasian in origin....almost cosomopolitan in range." It was named for a queen of England, but there is disagree as to which one. Some say it was Anne (1574 - 1619), the first Stuart Queen Anne, who was brought over from Denmark at age 14 to be a Queen to King James of Scotland. Others claim it was Anne (1665 - 1714), the daughter of William and Mary, and the last monarch in the Stuart line. Some flowers lack the center dark flower; I just checked my bouquet and it contains flowers with and without it. The literature on QAL confirms that observation. Perhaps it is a regional variation. You are so right about QAL not being native and thanks for making the distinction between native and wild. The Encyclopedia Britannica describes it as “Eurasian in origin….almost cosomopolitan in range.” It was named for a queen of England, but there is disagree as to which one. Some say it was Anne (1574 – 1619), the first Stuart Queen Anne, who was brought over from Denmark at age 14 to be a Queen to King James of Scotland. Others claim it was Anne (1665 – 1714), the daughter of William and Mary, and the last monarch in the Stuart line. Some flowers lack the center dark flower; I just checked my bouquet and it contains flowers with and without it. The literature on QAL confirms that observation. Perhaps it is a regional variation.

]]> By: Pomona Belvedere http://www.karensgardentips.com/plant-profiles-how-to-grow/plant-profile-queen-annes-lace-daucus-carota/comment-page-1/#comment-709 Pomona Belvedere Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:29:41 +0000 http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=1884#comment-709 I love Queen Anne's lace and am happy to have her given her due in a post of her own. Your bouquet combination sounds excellent, and you've given a lot of great cultural info. I will just point out that, though QAL is wild, it's certainly not native; some people may want to make that distinction. And that little purple heart? I was told that it's in every QAL flower, and every time I've looked it has been. Is your experience different? I love Queen Anne’s lace and am happy to have her given her due in a post of her own. Your bouquet combination sounds excellent, and you’ve given a lot of great cultural info.

I will just point out that, though QAL is wild, it’s certainly not native; some people may want to make that distinction. And that little purple heart? I was told that it’s in every QAL flower, and every time I’ve looked it has been. Is your experience different?

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