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Yellow, White, and Green ... Wild Spring Flowers, and Views.

hywel

By hywel

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Wild spring flowers are a lovely sight after the long dark winter, and I enjoy taking photos of them.
Most of the earliest ones are white, green, or yellow.
Would you like to come with us to find some ? ….

Let’s go over the Cilsan bridge at Llangathen, where there are lots of low lying meadows …..

The River Tywi meanders lazily around them.

In all the hedgerows you can see the green spathes of Cuckoo Pint – Arum maculatum ….

And also the green flowers of Dog’s mercury – Mercurialis perennis ….

Also along the verges, grow the delicate Wind Flowers (Wood Anemone) – Anemone nemorosa ….

And Lamium galeobdolon …

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The narrow Carmarthenshire lanes wind on for miles …

…. and are home to the Lesser Celandine – Ranunculus ficaria ….

And the Primrose – Primula vulgaris … one of my favourite wild flowers :o)

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Around Castell Carreg Cennen, the terrain is rather hilly.

It’s cooler than the low lying areas, but we can see some interesting wild flowers there …

Along a dry bank, we find Butterburr – Petasides hybridus ….

On damp ground near a stream, there’s Golden Saxifrage – Chrysosplenium oppositifolia ….

And Wood Sorrel – Oxalis acetosella – grows in all the hedgerows …

I love wild flowers. I hope I haven’t gone on too much about them lol.
I’ll show some more soon :o)

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Lovely place to be, Hywel. The wild flowers are so perfect in their own habitats. I'm glad you added the wood sorrel. It's my favourite. I grew up in wooded countryside and it was everywhere under the trees at this time of year along with the anemones.

1 May, 2012

 

Nice blog Hywel. I love the primroses, but there are some lovely pictures there this morning. Love the hilly ones too.

1 May, 2012

 

Lovely to see so many Hywel..Hard to pick a favorite as they all have their place, the wood sorrel is very nice to see.

1 May, 2012

 

lovely blog Hywel, good to see the wild flowers too, such beautiful views up there very nice :-)

1 May, 2012

 

Its great to see that people still allow the wild flowers to flourish in some places. Thank you for sharing your day out. I think you make us all take time out to appreciate what we have for free if we take the time to look.

1 May, 2012

 

Lovely flowers Hywel - I have never been to that place - although we have covered a fair amount of Wales - must look it up on the map - cheery blog for a rainy day up here

1 May, 2012

 

Some lovely pics Hywel, its good to see all the rolling hills in them and all the wild flowers, you`d need wellies and waterproofs around here again today...

1 May, 2012

 

Nice to know hywel there are still some beautiful parts of britain left to see...feel quite depressed
when i look outside lol!

1 May, 2012

 

I love them there hills Hywel, that house in the first pic. would be in my dreams, your photos are beautiful, havnt seen a cuckoo pint for a long time. Lovely.

1 May, 2012

 

Great blog lovely flowers and what wonderful scenery:)))))

1 May, 2012

 

what a fantastic blog Hywel, your photo's are brilliant and your weather looks great,

1 May, 2012

 

Thank you for sharing your walk with us all Hywel.

1 May, 2012

 

Lovely blog and pics,Hywel..and a nice day for you to go walking..I like the Oxalis too..thanks for sharing .:o)

1 May, 2012

 

Thanks for your comments
But I didn't walk. The photos were taken over a period of about 3 weeks in April, .... and in different places from 0 to about 10 miles away. And in between the showers lol

1 May, 2012

 

Beautiful pictures Hywel - do like Ranunculus ficaria we bought some last year - different variety but it really spreads - love Oxalis acetosella

1 May, 2012

 

a lovely blog with some wonderful wild plants:-) thanks for showing us;-)

1 May, 2012

 

Delightful Hywel

1 May, 2012

 

Loved that Hywel. I have some but you've given me ideas for more - I could get seed and hopefullu/eventually add in my woodland. Thanks, adding to Fav's.

1 May, 2012

 

Really lovely blog Hywel

1 May, 2012

 

Enjoyed my walk in south wales Hywel.

1 May, 2012

 

Thanks for taking us to see lots of lovely wild flowers x

1 May, 2012

 

Love it, love it Hywel. We also have alot of these wild flowers in our garden and let some of them self seed around. Really enjoyed the walk with you. I know I'm always saying this, but having this scenery on your back door is (I think) worth the bad weather days.

1 May, 2012

 

Lovely blog as ever Hywel, it has everything stunning views, wild flowers and blue skies.....a rarity at the moment, thank you for sharing on yet another wet day:o)

1 May, 2012

 

so interesting Hywel, wonderful place & wonderful plants. Im a real duffer when it comes to nameing our own native plants, thanks for this.

1 May, 2012

 

I've really enjoyed this Hywel, such fabulous photos of beautiful wild flowers, I love the cuckoo pint, I used to see these a lot years ago, they always intrigued me. The wood sorrel is a real beauty and one I haven't seen before, looking forward to your next trip out.....:))))

1 May, 2012

 

That was a really lovely blog Hywel.......aren't wild flowers just beautiful. I am always looking into hedges etc when we go walking to see what is flowering.

1 May, 2012

 

Fantastic blog Hywel, I love all the wild flowers especially the anemones, such a variety you have there. I love most of all the change from gentle beauty to wildly rugged landscape:-)

3 May, 2012

 

Interesting wild flowers, Hywel ...
... and beautiful scenery :o)

3 May, 2012

 

Fantastic blog :)

4 May, 2012

 

A delightful blog. Such a super variety of pictures. The picture of the white house at the far end of the winding lane needs a painter to sit right there where you stood and get to work.

4 May, 2012

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