howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#1
seems to be a few rather attractive wild flowers abounding round here, the bottom pic is of poppies on the beach, what are the others though?
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
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#2
The middle one is buddleia also known as butterfly bush, the top one looks a bit like vetch but I am not sure on that one.
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#3
Lovely photos Howars we have the big purple one in your garden and its a nitemare they get so big every year but do attract butterflies
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#4
i should have remembered buddleia, we have enough growing out of our buildings and river walls locally.
the top two photos were taken along the path from aycliffe going back to dover.
Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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#5
The top one looks like an everlasting sweet pea but I don't know the correct name for it.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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The everlasting sweet pea also comes in white... there are some, I think, along the Eastry by-pass too, they are very resilient.
Buddleias too, will grow in very poor conditions, but are excellent for butterflies.
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#8
I have also seen more marjoram in flower this year, on the grass verges. Pink flowers and very aromatic foliage which you can use in soups, etc.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#9
thanks everyone, a good green fingered lot in here, best place to come for answers to horticultural questions.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#10
the wild flowers up the heights seem to be more abundant this year, the above were taken earlier across a mere 50 metre stretch.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
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#11
very nice pictures there howard.
and thankyou for useing metric.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#12
i knew you be ready to catch me out brian, i was going to say it was a quarter of a furlong.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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#13
more like half a yard howard.
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#10 - thanks to the easy efforts of the WCCP crew just bunging the odd cow or horse on the Heights which take no effort or money !!!
These and the orchids only thrive because of the difficult management work that is carried out, and all will be lost if trees and scrub are able to take over....
Been nice knowing you :)
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#14
lost me totally.
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Some people think that leaving the Heights to nature and letting the trees take over means it will thrive - but if that happens there will be little few of those flowers still around.
As you know WCCP carefully manage the Heights with cattle and Koniks which keep the undergrowth down which means orchids and the flowers you photograph grow there.
Been nice knowing you :)
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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#17
Howard - I think your pictures show:
Wild marjoram, a species of (mauve) scabious (there are different ones), ragwort and red clover
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#18
knew 1 and 3 kath, thanks for info on the others.
Guest 663- Registered: 20 Mar 2008
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#19
lovely pictures Howard my sister has a small thriving wild garden, in her rather large back garden which is so lovely this time of the year.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#20
apparently jan leaving gardens to nature rather than shaping them as we would want is the in thing.
encourages birds, butterflies and insects.
