Wednesday, 17 June 2020

17th June 2020 #30DaysWild



A Black Park posy

I never pick wild flowers.  Well I never did - until this evening.  And I won't do it again any time soon.  All these wild flowers are all growing abundantly here, and were picked in the one field, the Black Park.  

Heath bedstraw
Ragged robin 
Lady's bedstraw
Bitter vetch
Wood bitter vetch
Birds foot trefoil
Germander speedwell
Common eyebright
Marsh marigold
Water avens
Bog asphodel
Meadow vetchling
Lady's mantle
Tormentil
Fragrant orchid
Greater butterfly orchid 
Northern marsh orchid
Lousewort 
Marsh lousewort
Wild thyme 
Burnet rose
A hawkweed?
Marestail
Yellow rattle
Milkwort
Silverweed
Water forget me not
Creeping buttercup
Sorrel
Pignut
Ox eye daisy
Red clover 
White clover
Wood sage
Bog cotton
Bluebell
Meadowsweet (just about to show its flower)
Crossleaf heather
Marsh ragwort?