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Wonderful wildflowers of Yorkshire

Today I went to a couple of Yorkshire Wildlife trust reserves looking at wild flowers, in particular native orchids and a...

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seaburngirl

23 Jun, 2021
Seaburngirl

Two Months On.

The wild flower meadow in our local recreation ground is still a beautiful sight. The cornflowers have finished and their...

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siris

12 Sep, 2018
Siris

New wild flower garden

Some of you may remember last year our old fruit cage was in danger of falling down , We were constantly mending holes in...

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amy

28 Jun, 2016
Amy

Wonderful wild flowers.

At the start of this year a new supermarket opened in my town, the planning consent included landscaping to part of the area...

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trivo

30 Aug, 2015
Trivo

Some views and wild flowers

The other day, I went for a walk up the little road, that passes the back of my garden, to see what wild flowers were there....

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hywel

16 Sep, 2012
Hywel

A walk which took us miles from anywhere .

Hello all, Had a lovely walk with my OH today and daughters dog you know the one I give back full of mud lol but not today...

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kidsgran

8 Sep, 2012
Kidsgran

Life of a Thistle

I thought it might be fun to track the Thistle from start to finish. So have a look... The wild Thistle growing in the field. Note...

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wells

18 Aug, 2012
Wells

A Walk on a Cloudy day !

Yesterday OH & I (do I sound like our Queen lol ) went for a lovely walk near where we live the coal tips have all been...

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kidsgran

5 Aug, 2012
Kidsgran

Flowering Dunes, and Sea Views.

During the warm weather, we went down by the sea, and I took photos of the wild flowers growing on the dunes. I'd forgotten...

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hywel

29 Jul, 2012
Hywel

_*The Meadow*_

Wild flowers and a few grasses sway in the breezes...It looks almost as I envisioned it. almost... I can claim no credit...

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lorilyn57

28 Jun, 2012
Lorilyn57

Wild Summer Flowers (Part Three)

We'll go up the river bank this time. There are many wild flowers growing along there. (so I'm sorry if the blog seems a...

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hywel

7 Oct, 2011
Hywel

Wild Summer Flowers (part two)

Here's my second blog on wild summer flowers, following on from the first one I wrote back in July. The lanes and river banks...

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hywel

3 Oct, 2011
Hywel

A visit to the field of dreams

A few weeks ago I was able to visit the wildflower meadow planted in Somerset this year and photographed in the newspaper...

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stickitoffee

26 Aug, 2011
Stickitoffee

Field of Dreams

I visited this wonderful garden that has been made on derelict land, which is now full of wild flowers. It is open to the...

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karenjane

14 Aug, 2011
Karenjane

Wild Summer Flowers (part one)

I think spring is the best season for wild flowers but there are also some nice ones flowering in the summer time. I'll...

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hywel

25 Jul, 2011
Hywel

Sea Holly

Recently I saw lots of sea holly- Eryngium maritimum- growing on dunes near here. I took some photos of it. I haven't seen...

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hywel

22 Jul, 2011
Hywel

Saturday morning walk

I really enjoyed Hywel's walk round his home area this week that I decided to take the camera the next walk we had. Hoping...

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Janey

19 Jun, 2010
Janey

Scotland - North Coast

Last weekend was the 40th wedding anniversary for Moongrower and myself and so we took a long weekend to go wildlife watching...

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bulbaholic

19 Jun, 2010
Bulbaholic

lovely invasions

I read /heard about the dandelion invasions this year and we are no exception up here in Aberdeenshire. Have included a photo...

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weeducks

5 Jun, 2010
Weeducks

Meadow Buttercup

Meadow buttercup is a perennial weed. It is recorded up to 4,000 ft in Britain. It is characteristically found on grazed...

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drc726

17 May, 2010
Drc726

I was so excited yesterday ! :o)))

... because I saw an Early Purple Orchid, Orchis mascula :) I didn't see any last year, and happened to mention yesterday...

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hywel

16 May, 2010
Hywel

Beauty By The Pond...........

Went for a walk today which took me by the local pond.... it looked lovely with the sun shinning through it......... The...

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hollyeves

14 May, 2010
Hollyeves

Wild Spring Flowers

I love wild flowers and found some over the week end, and I thought I'd show some photos of them, although there was nothing...

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hywel

19 Apr, 2010
Hywel

A Farewell to Fish Hoek

Here are some more pictures of roadside flowers seen on my walks in Fish Hoek (June-September 2008) : In a vacant plot An...

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gurthbruins

7 Mar, 2010
Gurthbruins

My Wild Flower Meadow

Do u Rememer My Meadow In 2008? I Planted Native Cowslips & Some Daffodiles Summer loves to Lay & Roll in the...

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jacque

2 Mar, 2010
Jacque

The Wildflower Meadow

Corncockle, Clover, Cornflowers & Selfheal grew in the meadow this summer But since September its looked like this...

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jacque

17 Nov, 2009
Jacque

Wildflowers in bloom during our spring downunder.

This is a snapshot of various wildflowers that will be blooming now out in the wild-mainly in Western Australia where most...

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bernieh

26 Oct, 2009
Bernieh

Poppies We Dont Wear?!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope U enjoy the next Photos as i took them with War Heroes in mind?? It was Armed Forces Awareness in Norfolk this week...

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jacque

28 Jun, 2009
Jacque

Wildflower of the week 3- Valerian-Valerianaceae

An ancient meedicinal herb, long been valued around the world Persian, Chinese and Nordic herbalists used the roots. Whilst...

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mookins

18 Jun, 2009
Mookins

A Walk on the Wild Side

For years I travelled up and down the A 47 to work , always at this time of the year I would glance across the fields and...

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amy

8 Jun, 2009
Amy

Wildflower of the week 2....Feverfew- Chrysanthemum parthenium

Reclassed as Tanacetum parthernium, feverfew was also once known as Flirtwort. From the daisy family very similar to...

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mookins

4 Jun, 2009
Mookins

The English Countryside in May

I've been wandering around Herefordshire with my camera this month taking lots of pictures of the countryside and I thought...

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Sid

27 May, 2009
Sid

Wild Flowers

Went to the Lakes for the weekend and had a smashing time,the weather was perfect so obviously photography was priority No...

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lincslass

27 May, 2009
Lincslass

Wildflower of the week- Borago Officinalis

Since starting gardening and finding a whole new world and a new lease of life. I have become particuarly interested in the...

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mookins

21 May, 2009
Mookins

Pretty Wild !

Today i walked around My Wild Area Of My Garden & took some Pics so i thought u mite like to see them ??? Bedstraw &...

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jacque

1 Apr, 2009
Jacque

A walk in the wood.

Yesterday, being so nice, a friend and I decided to go for a walk in the local wood and it's surrounding area. The first...

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toto

16 Mar, 2009
Toto

My Baby WildFlowers

Last Summer "2008" I found this Lovely Wildflower"Phacelia"in My Garden! So i took some Seeds & now have...

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jacque

10 Mar, 2009
Jacque

SNOWDROPS AT COLESBOURNE PARK

Hi everyone, I thought I would tell you all about mine and Christophers day out at Colesbourne Park to see the Snowdrops. We...

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sophiejo

24 Feb, 2009
Sophiejo

countryside

there isnt much happening in grdens at the moment, exceptspritzhenrys, so ive got a few photos from the countryside near...

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windowbox

16 Dec, 2008
Windowbox

Millennium Seed Bank funding

Attempting to avoid the front page stories of economic gloom I found an article in The Times on Thursday which was even more...

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readejahn

4 Oct, 2008
Readejahn

Blackberry-eating

Now that the weather has changed, just thought I would share this poem by Galway Kinnell. I love blackberries (we actually...

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Raquel

4 Oct, 2008
Raquel

Got My for-get-me-nots....

well iv dug up 40 of them 2day from my Neighbours garden:) Shes a lovely little lady&has given me many plants2help me...

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jacque

13 Mar, 2008
Jacque

Wildflowers are in decline.

Have you got space at the edges of your garden or in borders for some wild flowers? I have some wild mallow seed, see a ...

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Tussiemussie

11 Jul, 2007
Tussiemussie