This is it in 'full flower' I'm still not overwhelmed.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
end of spring
This is it in 'full flower' I'm still not overwhelmed.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
More Spring flowers!
I think this is Moss Campion or Silene acaulis but I may be totally wrong!
Spanish Lavender or Lavandula stoechis
Sunday, May 16, 2010
wild flowers 4
This is the large variety, it's growing out of a rock! Makes you wonder how much soil a plant needs!
This looks like the Cut-leaved Cranesbill or Geranium dissectum
Common vetch or Vicia sativa
Saturday, May 1, 2010
wild flowers 2
The tall nameless plant now has flowers showing. This has certainly made it more easy to identify, it is almost certainly Asphodelus albus or White Asphodel.
This photo shows the leaves, it also shows another plant which interests me. I have always thought that Broom and Gorse were the same, now I discover that, not only are they different, but that there are lots of variations. This photo above shows a white variety next door to a more common yellow one. When I say more common, the yellow varieties are to be found in books on British Flora, but the white variety is by far the more common around here.
I believe this may be Retama raetum, a native of the Middle East that seems to be spreading.
Another flower that have never seen growing wild in England is the Helianthemum or Rock Rose, this is widespread here and very pretty.
It's beginning to look like all the flowers here are white, this is far from being the case, though there certainly are plenty of white flowers.
This is the Bugle or Ajuga reptans,