Took my dreams and I took to the road
When a flower grows wild it can always survive
Wildflowers don't care where they grow"
Parton, D 1986
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| Anacamptis pyramidalis |
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| Melampyrum arvense |
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| Acinos arvensis |
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| Orobanche hederae |
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| Rosa micrantha |
Having returned from a road trip, that took in some pretty stunning wildflowers - I took a late afternoon walk around the back garden, and noticed for the first time a single spike of Orobanche minor just starting to open its flowers.
This is only the second garden record - the first being in 2017 - this new spike some 2m away from the original site.
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| Orobanche minor |
The broomrape was not the only surprise that the garden threw me, as a Sphinx ligustri was roosting on the outside of the bug-hotel.
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