ID for roadside plant please

[gobbiner]

This looks like its gone to seed maybe reason i cant find it in my book thank you...Ray

[Jennie]

Try Meadowsweet, Filipendula ulmaria.

It has not gone to seed, just coming into full flower.

[aeshna5]

It's still in flower + even bud- Meadow Sweet, Filipendula ulmaria.

[gobbiner]

Originally Posted by Jennie

Try Meadowsweet, Filipendula ulmaria.

It has not gone to seed, just coming into full flower.

Right thank you Jennie

Originally Posted by aeshna5

It's still in flower + even bud- Meadow Sweet, Filipendula ulmaria.

Thanks a lot aeshna5

[Dorts]

Meadowsweet, along with Water Mint, gives us that most evocative of smells we get when botanising in a good old-fashioned marsh. Alas an ever decreasing habitat.
Lovely plant.
Dorts.

[alindsay]

This is very much whiter than the Meadowsweet I am used to seeing. I have only seen creamy coloured flowers.

Does it vary in colour round the country?

[Dorts]

Originally Posted by alindsay

This is very much whiter than the Meadowsweet I am used to seeing. I have only seen creamy coloured flowers.
Does it vary in colour round the country?

No it doesn't really vary, it's always cream in bud, a little whiter in full flower.
I think the camera has removed some of the colour, which is common with very pale and white flowers.
Dorts.

[alindsay]

Thanks Dorts

......and as Dropwort and Meadowsweet are so similar and of the same 'genus', is that the right term? It's amazing how different their habitat is.

Does Dropwort have a scent? I forgot to sniff.

Regards
A

[Dorts]

Originally Posted by alindsay

Thanks Dorts
......and as Dropwort and Meadowsweet are so similar and of the same 'genus', is that the right term? It's amazing how different their habitat is.
Does Dropwort have a scent? I forgot to sniff.
Regards
A

Dropwort is as it were, the Downland version of Meadowsweet, and yes they are the same Genus; Filipendula.

Dropwort flowers do have a faint honey-scent but the leaves lack the strong Measdowsweet smell.
The big difference is that Dropwort has the most striking red flower-buds. An alltogether beautiful plant, of which there are selected garden forms.
Dropwort is by far the less common of the two species.
Dorts.

[alindsay]

Thanks Dorts

In South Beds, on chalky soil, we are lucky to see lots of Dropwort. Very identifiable because the red/pink buds, but by the River Lea also loads of Meadowsweet and yes, the scent is heady.