wild flowers 4

Last week was too wet and miserable to wonder about looking at flowers so this is week 4.

This isn't exactly a flower it's a very baby chestnut tree.

This is the large variety, it's growing out of a rock! Makes you wonder how much soil a plant needs!

These next three photos show the Asphodel and the Retama as they are now, both blooming.

The majority colour does seem to be white as we can see below, this again is the Helianthemum and the Stellaria.

In fact there are still lots of flowers that give colour, the Green Alkanet and the Buttercup being but two. Most of the new flowers at the moment appear to belong to the Geranium family. I can find names for some of them but not for all.

This is probably Herb Robert or Geranium robertianum

This looks like the Cut-leaved Cranesbill or Geranium dissectum

This is probably Dovesfoot or Geranium molle

There are at least 2 other plants with similar little pinkish flowers but the leaves seem very different. With so much undergrowth it is difficult to get photos that show the distinguishing features.

There are also Vetch around, these seem to be just starting.

Common vetch or Vicia sativa

Bush Vetch or Vicia sepium

The Bluebells are just starting, one does wonder if these are Spanish Bluebells or not.

There are also Wild Pansy and Wild Lupin, nedless to say the one below is the Wild Pansy.

and this one is the lupin.

Bladder Campion or Silene vulgaris