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#365DaysWild, British wildflowers, Cathays Cemetery, Fox and cubs, Grim the collier, orange hawkweed, wildflowers
The Orange hawkweed (also known as Fox-and-cubs and Grim the collier) was putting on a magnificent display in Cathays Cemetery today.
So, I thought I’d better grab some photos because this is a cemetery that is (mis)managed by the ‘neat and tidy’ brigade, those who place value in strimming everything to within an inch of its life rather than in the beauty of the wildflowers and the food they provide to insects.
So thats what its called. I wondered what all the orange wildflowers where popping up all over the garden and now thanks to your blog i now know what they’re called 🙂
Glad I could help. They can be a little … ummm, enthusiastic in their growth habits, but they are pretty and the insects love them. 🙂
yeah i had noticed. Over 2 weeks of rain meant we couldn’t cut the grass and now we have a lawn full of them 😀
🙂
We don’t get that here – isn’t it beautiful?
Certainly is. Such a shame you don’t get to see it though.