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Bamber or Paul, just to muddy the issue?

Cam PA n UL a (Paul is in there!)

When I saw 7,8, evening primrose came to mind. Don't know if they have these in Scotland, but they certainly have primroses. Anyway, "every second" could be construed as "even", so it might be evening something else. Actually, "making every second count" might be called "evening"!

Another angle: PAUL might figure in primula- or primulas?

Yes Mr A...it can be grown here...just found this site which could come in handy for perplexed puzzler.

http://www.poyntzfieldherbs.co.uk/catalogue1.asp?sortby=engname&colhead=scotnative&req=yes&doctitle=Plants%20native%20and%20naturalised%20in%20Scotland

Thanks, pastille. I'm a plant-lover and know the Latin names of all the natives of my neck of the woods, but one of the joys of traveling in, say, the desert over here or being plunked down in another country is seeing plants as mysterious presences (as they should be seen) without labels to (in a way) dismissively categorize them.

Thanks for all your thoughts and especially for the link - I've got a few to go yet, but at least I have a few more ideas to work on now.