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Tag Archives: lilac flowers

227/365 Teasel

15 Thursday Aug 2019

Posted by sconzani in flowers, nature, plants, wildflowers

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British wildflowers, Dipsacus fullonum, lilac flowers, Teasel

190815 teasel

One of my favourite plants, the Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) looks fabulous whether wreathed with its tiny lilac flowers, which insects of all kinds find delicious, or bare and dry and oh-so-sculptural during the winter months.

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October pinks

06 Friday Oct 2017

Posted by sconzani in autumn, flowers, nature, wildflowers

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#FloralFriday, autumn flowers, British wildflowers, lilac flowers, pink flowers, purple flowers, wildflowers

‘I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers,’ exclaims Anne one Saturday morning, in L.M. Montgomery’s classic story Anne of Green Gables.

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Purr-plish

07 Friday Jul 2017

Posted by sconzani in flowers, nature, wildflowers

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#FloralFriday, British flora, British wildflowers, lilac flowers, pink wildflowers, purple flowers, wildflowers

For those of you who are not overly fond of yellow flowers – you know who you are! – I’ve been out and about looking for other hues, and the result this Floral Friday is a selection of blooms in shades of pink, lilac and purple. The flowers include Betony (Stachys officinalis), Bush vetch (Vicia sepium), Centaury (Centaurium erythraea), Devil’s-bit scabious (Succisa pratensis), Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), Hedge woundwort (Stachys sylvatica), Herb-Robert (Geranium robertianum), Red clover (Trifolium pratense), Common restharrow (Ononis repens), Rosebay willowherb (Chamerion angustifolium), Tufted vetch (Vicia cracca) and a couple of thistley thingies. Enjoy!

170707 another thistle
170707 Betony
170707 Bush vetch
170707 Centaury
170707 Devil's-bit scabious
170707 Foxglove
170707 Hedge woundwort
170707 Herb-Robert
170707 Red clover
170707 Restharrow
170707 Rosebay willowherb
170707 thistle
170707 Tufted vetch

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