Unusual Wild Flower
- 24 July 2012 20:07184443I photographed some wild flowers recently, near Doves Corner, Tilmanstone (public footpath across bridge which spans the dual-carriageway Dover - Sandwich),
and have had this one identified by the Biological Records Centre at Maidstone:
tony.witts@kmbrc.org.uk
Hi Kathleen
I think your plant is Common Cudweed (Filago vulgaris). As you can see from the attached map extracted from the New Atlas of Kent's Flora it is not a particularly common plant in Kent. A nice find!
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Lincolnshire Born and Bred - 25 July 2012 01:06184460That's a beautiful bouquet there, Kath. A shame it's only common weed, though.Chanters, Drums and Drones Potty Time http://youtu.be/99fMqpjnXYA
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Kent First http://youtu.be/04F3mAP3fV4 Keep banging on http://youtu.be/qYCU_SKmkGQ - 25 July 2012 17:40184601It reminded me vaguely of coltsfoot, I can't remember ever seeing it before.---------------------------------------------------
Lincolnshire Born and Bred - 25 July 2012 18:56184632Well done on your find Kath, it's not every day one finds something which is rare
- 25 July 2012 20:56184657There is an amazing quantity of different wild flowers out now on grass verges, fields etc. and if you photograph them it is surprising how many you find!
The Kent Biological records centre at Maidstone is always pleased to have photos of wildlife, plants included, with date photographed, and exact place, and are very helpful if you want to know what a species is. Especially anything unusual.
contact: tony.witts@kmbrc.org.uk
or they have a website: http://www.kmbrc.org.uk/aboutus/aboutKMBRC/index.php for details.---------------------------------------------------
Lincolnshire Born and Bred - 26 July 2012 06:01184679Don't we call plants weeds, only if we don't like them ? We have one in our front garden that I quite like, but Jean hates it and calls it a weed.
Roger - 26 July 2012 08:22184697Lots of Common Mallow along the roadsides now, with its striking bright purple flowers.I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
- 26 July 2012 11:18184730not a wild flower as such, when i moved in 10 years ago i gave the flower bed a good turnover and started afresh.
two packets of seeds that promised almost immediate success were bought, one was alyssum the other(picture above) i cannot remember.
i am constantly pulling them out so that other plants can see the sun but they always thrive, roots go very deep.
- 26 July 2012 12:01184737Just a few seeds can brighten up any garden.---------------------------------------------------
Lincolnshire Born and Bred - 27 July 2012 16:30184941Howard, that looks like Californian Poppy, spreads like wildfire, best way to manange it is to remove the seed heads before they 'pop'.
- 27 July 2012 17:15184953thanks for that lesley will take heed of your advice, normally i just rip them up but this year so many of my bedding plants failed i let some survive just to make sure there was plenty of colour.
