Wild flowers

[Lankyman]

Not sure what these are but they look like rhubarb on steroids and possibly threatening the car? They were near Ardfern in Argyll this morning.

More sea pinks looking towards the Gulf of Corrievreckan between Jura and Scarba. Yesterday, we sailed through there on the paddle steamer Waverley which was a superb day out. Get on it if you can.

 

[spelfish]

They look like Gunnera to me. They're now regarded as invasive, so you're not supposed to plant new ones (though I believe there is a 'bad' subspecies and another that's more acceptable.
It's a bit academic if you don't have an enormous wetland garden...

 

[Lankyman]

They look like Gunnera to me. They're now regarded as invasive, so you're not supposed to plant new ones (though I believe there is a 'bad' subspecies and another that's more acceptable.
It's a bit academic if you don't have an enormous wetland garden...

I just googled Gunnera and got this rather alarming article about an infestation of it in Knoydart of all places

Gunning for gunnera

Communications Officer Natalia Barbour looks at ongoing efforts to tackle an invasive giant plant on Knoydart

www.johnmuirtrust.org

It sounds like another Japanese knotweed in the making.

 

[shotlighter]

Gunnera was much used in the 80's gardening make-over show Ground Force. It was prized for it's "architectural qualities" IIRC.

 

[pwhole]

Whilst not 'wild', there's always been a few of these growing by the pond in Whinfell Quarry Garden in Sheffield, but it doesn't seem to have ever spread beyond there. There's plenty of large posh houses with large gardens nearby, and it's literally on the edge of the city, with farmland adjacent, but this one seems to be entirely self-contained. Maybe it's the 'good' variety?





That's also a Giant Redwood in the background.

 

[Lankyman]

On the way to Craignish Point in a damp area, the first butterworts of the year I've seen. They catch insects on their leaves but I wish they'd be a bit more proactive with the midges which were starting to be a nuisance.

 

[Pegasus]

Loving La Gomera and its wonderful flora

 

[Lankyman]

Loving La Gomera and its wonderful flora
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Surprisingly (to me at least) I only found out recently that prickly pears were introduced to Europe (and elsewhere) from the Americas.

 

[Lankyman]

We saw these very striking little flowers all over stone walls in Inverary today. I thought they looked like tiny primulas. Probably a garden escape?

 

[langcliffe]

We saw these very striking little flowers all over stone walls in Inverary today. I thought they looked like tiny primulas. Probably a garden escape?
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Fairy foxglove - counted as a wild flower now, I think, but it isn't common. And, of course, the lovely maidenhair fern.

 

[Lankyman]

Fairy foxglove - counted as a wild flower now, I think, but it isn't common. And, of course, the lovely maidenhair fern.

The only other place I noticed them was on the famous 'Bridge over the Atlantic' a few days ago as we drove onto Seil island. We didn't stop so I didn't get a close look unlike today.

 

[kay]

Sea pink with a puffin, Lunga in the Treshnish Isles today

There were large areas of bluebells and not a tree in sight. Looking back towards Mull.

Bladder campion
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Oh, and some cave on Staffa

Given the location, was it Bladder Campion and not the similar Sea Campion, Silene uniflora? It seems to have only one flower per stem

 

[kay]

They look like Gunnera to me. They're now regarded as invasive, so you're not supposed to plant new ones (though I believe there is a 'bad' subspecies and another that's more acceptable.
It's a bit academic if you don't have an enormous wetland garden...

There's other species of Gunnera including one I used to grow which had a total height of 3 inches and leaves the size of 1/2pennies

 

[Lankyman]

Given the location, was it Bladder Campion and not the similar Sea Campion, Silene uniflora? It seems to have only one flower per stem

Yes, I think you might be right. I think I made a rush id (too keen to go and see my first ever puffins) and fell for my much greater familiarity with the bladder campion.

 

[Mr Dinwiddy]

Bird's-foot trefoil. A plant characteristic of the limestone. In Somerset sometimes called bacon and eggs due to the colours, as seen here.

 

[pwhole]

 

[bagpuss]

Harridge Wood - Mendip
First foxgloves coming out

Yellow flag iris

Wavy Bittercress (apparently edible)

Wood Avens

On the banks of Withybrook Slocker

Yellow rattle (parasitic plant that can be used to reduce grasses and encourage wild flowers)

Oxeye daisy

Bladder Campion

Hogweed

 

[Pegasus]

Cow (though should really be called horse) parsley. Member of the carrot family

 

[Pegasus]

More wildflowers from horse back

 

[bagpuss]

More wildflowers from horse back

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Hawthorn?