Close-ups of flowers

M
agnolia "Fairy Cream"

 

Paeonia peregrina

 

@On the Levels , we were delighted when the first orchid, a Bee Orchid, appeared a few years ago. We now cross our fingers each year hoping that they return. So far this year we've found half a dozen leaf rosettes, so hopefully we'll get a few this year.

 

Lacy Phacelia.

 

These were taken on a local walk today.

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Since our local council has been rewilding the verges I have seen the odd early purple orchid on the industrial estates and on my walking route into work. And I saw wild carrot once, but the next time I passed they had mowed that bit!

 

Poached egg plant.

 

Some diaphanous subjects…
Orlaya

Heucherella “Pink Fizz”

Anthriscus “Ravenswing”

Luzula nivea

 

A pathetic, scrawny little Honesty specimen, completely overwhelmed by its own seed pods.

 

(The dreaded) Three-cornered Garlic growing wild along the roadside





Gorse





Wild Garlic

 

All looks amazing @LunarSea!

Allium ‘Ambassador’

 

@Plantminded Lovely to see the much maligned dandelion. It actually is a very useful plant...young leaves can be used in salads, roots can be used for "coffee" (not very nice!) and the stems after flowering can be used as bubble pipes after the bees have been in and pollinated it.
Great to see your ribbed plantain. Another plant often dismissed but when you look closely it has a very fine structure.

 

Talking of Ribbed Plantain or Ribwort

 

Thank you @On the Levels, yes, I agree with you, they are both very photogenic! Thank you also for those details, I like them even more now.