29 Sunday Sep 2024
Posted in plants, wildflowers
During my meandering walks over the past couple of weeks I’ve been collecting images of various seedheads and seed pods. I’m always amazed at the wide variety of forms these take – in fact, I think I’ll go through this exercise again, looking more closely at the seeds themselves as their diversity is also quite astounding. Meantime, here’s a video slideshow of what I’ve gathered so far.
18 Sunday Sep 2022
Posted in autumn, wildflowers
At this time of year, when there are few wildflowers in bloom, the presence of Rough sow-thistle, with its glowing yellow flowers and fluffy white seedheads, is a lifesaver for thirsty bees and butterflies, and a boon for finches wanting to nibble at its seeds. And, for me, it provides yet another example of the sculptural beauty of the seedheads of plants.
11 Sunday Sep 2022
Posted in autumn, flowers, wildflowers
Over the summer, one of the local fields I regularly walk around was a sea of yellow, chock full of tall flowering Ragwort plants.
Now that it’s autumn, the landscape has changed to a rich brown, dotted with tiny spots of white, the fluffy Ragwort seeds. It would be easy to overlook this brown field but, when you look closely, the seedheads are quite lovely.
16 Sunday Jan 2022
Posted in plants, wildflowers
Round seedheads in square frames …
17 Sunday Oct 2021
Posted in autumn, flowers, plants, wildflowers
A celebration of seed heads, plant life of the future . . .
29 Sunday Nov 2020
Posted in autumn, wildflowers
The seedheads of Old-man’s-beard – or perhaps you prefer to call it Traveller’s-joy – the native British Clematis vitalba, are a feathery delight, and I can rarely refrain from taking photos of them.
I also relish the delicate vanilla fragrance of the plant’s spiky flowers.
So, imagine my delight during today’s walk when I found both flowers and seedheads on the same plant. Spring and autumn, scent and seeds – a delicious, if slightly strange combination.
18 Wednesday Nov 2020
Posted in autumn, plants, wildflowers
If all seeds that fall were to grow, then no one could follow
the path under the trees. ~ Nigerian proverb
04 Wednesday Nov 2020
Posted in autumn, plants, weather, wildflowers
If you thought I’d exaggerated about how wet last month was, it’s official – Derek, the Welsh BBC weatherman, yesterday tweeted that ‘October was wetter than average in Wales with 208mm of rain’. Temperatures and sunshine were also below normal, and, having just returned from a long local walk, I can tell you it’s very squelchy out there. Still, the wet has its compensations as today’s seedheads testify.
18 Sunday Oct 2020
Posted in autumn, plants, wildflowers
04 Sunday Oct 2020
Posted in autumn, plants, wildflowers
‘There is not a fragment in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious unit in itself.’
~ John Muir, The Wilderness World of John Muir, ed. Edwin Way Teale, 1954
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