Flowers from Today

smeesue · #1 (**permalink**) 07-05-2011, 06:10 PM

Hi folks. Quick post. Today was the annual duck race and barbecue in the village. Lots of lovely flowers around, posted below for your enjoyment! I'm pretty sure the wee orange one is a cultivated gone wild, the pink ones are Ladys Mantle and I know the yellow ones are primroses. No idea what the violet/purple one is.

PS. There were a lot of low flying, shy bumbley bees about. They wouldn't stop still long enough for me to get a picture of them, but they were the ones with the red on the backs of their heads. And they were definitely goosing us, especially when we walked past the big clumps of Rough Comfrey, which is almost out and which they love!

earthdragon64 · #2 (**permalink**) 07-05-2011, 06:19 PM

Don't know the orange one, the pink ones are not Lady's Mantle, but Cuckooflower, also known as Lady's Smock, and the blue one at the bottom is Bugle.

Regards, Audrey

smeesue · #3 (**permalink**) 07-05-2011, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by earthdragon64

Don't know the orange one, the pink ones are not Lady's Mantle, but Cuckooflower, also known as Lady's Smock, and the blue one at the bottom is Bugle.

Regards, Audrey

Aha, Ladys Smock. Was kinda close

Thanks for the last one; first time I've seen it here, which is surprising - it seems to like boggy ground, and I was steadily sinking as I took those pictures!

Dorts · #4 (**permalink**) 07-05-2011, 06:38 PM

1. Geum of garden origin.
Dorts.

smeesue · #5 (**permalink**) 07-05-2011, 06:44 PM

I thought it was probably as escapee from a garden Dorts; it's got that look. It's growing in the middle of the barbecue/picnic area too. The others were over to the side behind the screen of trees.