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Tag Archives: pink wildflowers

Fives and sixes

23 Saturday Jul 2022

Posted by sconzani in flowers, insects, wildflowers

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5-spot Burnet moth, 6-spot Burnet moth, British wildflowers, Burnet moths, Burnet moths on pink flowers, pink wildflowers

There’s just something about pink flowers that Burnet moths find enticing. Whether they be thistles or Red clover or Knapweed, the 5-spots and the 6-spots seem to prefer them.

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In the pink

10 Sunday Jul 2022

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blue wildflowers, British wildflowers, pink wildflowers, summer wildflowers

A parade of pink (and blue) wildflowers …

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187/366 Pinkish

05 Sunday Jul 2020

Posted by sconzani in flowers, wildflowers

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British wildflowers, pink wildflowers, shades of pink

I was planning a more informed, more specific post about wildflowers for today but I’ve been having trouble with my internet connection for a couple of days – technology is great, until it isn’t! – so here are some general wildflower images instead. Enjoy all these glorious shades of pink!

200705 betony
200705 bramble
200705 buddleja
200705 common spotted orchid
200705 cut-leaved cranesbill
200705 geranium a
200705 geranium b
200705 hedge woundwort
200705 knapweed
200705 mallow
200705 pyramidal orchid
200705 red clover
200705 self heal
200705 southern marsh orchid
200705 stinking iris
200705 thistle 2
200705 thistle
200705 rose

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128/365 Pinks and blues

08 Wednesday May 2019

Posted by sconzani in 365DaysWildin2019, flowers, nature, spring, wildflowers

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#365DaysWild, blue flowers, blue wildflowers, British flora, pink flowers, pink wildflowers, wildflowers

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Rain, rain, rain today but I managed to get out for a local bimble without getting too wet.

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190508 wildflowers (2)

Due to the risk of rain damaging my good camera, I just took my point-and-click and, as there weren’t many insects braving the weather, the subject today had to be inanimate, in this case wildflowers, for no particular reason in shades of pinks and blues. Can you name them?

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190508 wildflowers (3)
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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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In the pink

17 Friday Jun 2016

Posted by sconzani in nature, wildflowers

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pink flowers, pink wildflowers

A couple of weeks ago I seemed to be surrounded by yellow on my walks; now the pink wildflowers have taken over. For the most part, they’re softer on the eye, more delicate in shape, and range from the merest pink blush of the Common bistort to the almost purple of the Foxglove, the aptly named Digitalis purpurea. Some that I’ve noticed are Common bistort, Dog-rose, Foxglove, Grass vetchling, Herb Robert, Hedge woundwort, Ragged robin, Red campion, Red valerian, Red clover, the many and varied Geraniums, and, in my photos, a couple yet to be identified.

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