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03-03-2008, 04:36 PM
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| | | Spring Flowers
Every year The Wild Flower Society organises various competitions. One is to see how many flowering plants you can find in the first week in March.
It's good fun to get out to your usual haunts and see how things are doing. I've been round the local Cheshire weed patches, verges, fields and made one special visit to The Great Orme (above Llandudno) in North Wales so far.
It's surprising what you find in flower so early. How about these for instance: Viola riviniana (Common Dog-violet)! Plenty of Viola odorata (Sweet Violet) of course but this one is ridiculously early and no it wasn't either Viola hirta (Hairy Violet) or Viola reichenbachiana (Early Dog-violet). Violets aren't easy but you can tell the difference from the sepals and the sepal appendages. Geum Urbanum (Wood Avens) in full flower, Centranthus ruber (Red Valerian) only a couple of florets but still out. Luzula campestris (Good Friday grass) is usually out on Good Friday as the name suggests but this patch was very early. Erigeron karvinskianus (Mexican Fleabane) This is a summer flower but in this sheltered spot usually flowers throughout the winter.
Altogether 69 flowering plants so far - a good year in spite of the frosts and I haven't finished yet!  |
03-03-2008, 05:31 PM
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03-03-2008, 06:42 PM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: North Coast Cornwall
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Well today I saw Alexanders ( Smyrnium olustratum) in flower and Campion. |
03-03-2008, 06:52 PM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bewdley, Worcestershire
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Originally Posted by hobble  Well today I saw Alexanders ( Smyrnium olustratum) in flower and Campion. | I know you get milder climes in Cornwall so is this a usual occurance?
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03-03-2008, 07:05 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Outside Bewdley in a wood with stream in garden.
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We've got alexanders in flower her too!  I assume you mean bladder campions there Hobble? |
03-03-2008, 07:11 PM
| | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bewdley, Worcestershire
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well why isn't anything growing here? I can bearly say i've seen 68 wildflowers full stop 
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03-03-2008, 07:14 PM
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Yeah - those that live in Cornwall have no excuses for not winning this one!  |
03-03-2008, 07:35 PM
| | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bewdley, Worcestershire
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| | | Re: Spring Flowers
One living in Bewdley On Sea is the lack of Coastal flowers. But Peter has definitely driven me to getting out this weekend to see whats about my way!
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03-03-2008, 07:40 PM
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I might cheat and get the local kids to come and help me on sunday - assuming they see them before trampling on them - lol! |
03-03-2008, 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Jez I know you get milder climes in Cornwall so is this a usual occurance? | I think the Alexanders are earlier here than normal, I remember seeing them around Easter time and even thats early this year.
I will go out at the weekend for some serious plant spotting and see what I can find.
Yes tufftie I do mean bladder campion. | | | |
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