Early Flowers around Hetton le Hole

[rscott74]

Its nice to see some early flowers in my area. The first I noticed were lesser celedine followed shortly after by the wood anemome. They will carpet areas in the woods approaching Hetton Bogs. All we need is a few sunny days!
I saw the red dead-nettle on the edges of a cultivated field and the close up image is, I feel, very attractive.
I haven't been posting much over the winter months but as the flowers come to life so might I.
PS -. Is there a technical term for flowers that open in the sun such as the celendine and anenome?

[juliejam]

Thanks for sharing...While i was in a small woodland just last wk there was a lovely blanket of white flowers with the start of blue bells pushing through..After seeing your pic ive been able to put a name to them at last..and as you mentioned all it needs is a sunny day for them to put on a show...

Julie

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by rscott74

Its nice to see some early flowers in my area. The first I noticed were lesser celedine followed shortly after by the wood anemome. They will carpet areas in the woods approaching Hetton Bogs. All we need is a few sunny days!
I saw the red dead-nettle on the edges of a cultivated field and the close up image is, I feel, very attractive.
I haven't been posting much over the winter months but as the flowers come to life so might I.
PS -. Is there a technical term for flowers that open in the sun such as the celendine and anenome?

Try heliotropism. Plants exhibit various movements which can be tropic or nastic!

[rscott74]

Three more images from my walk this morning. The sun seems to have worked its magic! The coltsfoot have been around for a few days but they were fully open today and plentful. The primrose and white dead nettle are a first for the year. None are exceptional I suppose but it's just great to see the countryside with added colour.