Sunday, July 29, 2007

ragwort



and the equally invasive (see below) ragwort plus very drab butterfly, it may be a ringlet but I am not sure because it is very pale for south west types.

angelica


angelica and bee, the angelica plants seem huge this year, perhaps the incessant rain has suited them

willowherb


all of the willowherb family are out, this is the invasive rosebay.

enchanter


enchanter's nightshade is out, with its minute delicate white flowers. Latin name is ciraea lutetiana, for Circe the enchantress.

thank you


I cannot tell you how much I hate the scum who do this, and the people who pass the laws that encourage it by taxing those who dispose of waste legally.

Friday, July 27, 2007

hemp agrimony and honeysuckle


the rain has made for a luxuriant undergrowth this year. The red flower is hemp (for its supposed similarity to hemp proper) agrimony, a flower I always associate with the end of summer not the middle, and of course the yellow flower is fragrant wild native honeysuckle .