WILD FLOWERS YOU HAVE SEEN WHILST OUT WALKING 2018

Got loads of them this year, this is just one area out of 3 that's smothered with them and they're spreading every year










And there's further pics below of that area in thumbnails, and additional pics that I cant get to display in a single post, but what's uploaded should give an indication of how many Orchids I have.

I'm pruning out some of the Brambles, Goat Willow and Silver Birch saplings amongst them at the moment, but they're actually spreading backwards into the Brambles. Hoping to clear the low level scrub and strim down after they've set seed, but there's a lot of other flowers attractive to Butterflies still to come up amongst them.

P.S. @Zigs Summer flower walk – Sunday 17th of June **note date** – Tamarisk Farm But from what I saw when I was there a couple of weeks ago, I might have more Orchids, might do a youtube video of them.

 

First of the Pyramidal Orchids and not fully out, there should be thousands at Durlston Country Park but I only saw two! I may have been a little too early.

 

@Scrungee, @shiney,@strongylodon - those are great orchids! What soil do you have? I note that Scrungee has heavy clay soil (which I have), but the only orchid doing well for me is epipactis gigantea - which is spreading nicely. I'd love to grow bee orchids or even get dactylorrhiza to do better

 

@CarolineL, the orchids I have posted have all been seen 'out and about' I don't have any in my garden (unfortunately) unlike @Scrungee and @shiney. The Early Spider, Bee and Pyramidal were all seen at Durlston CP which is mainly chalk although I think Shiney's is clay.

 

Rest Harrow



Wild Carrot

 

Zigs these wild carrot look lovely mate to the eye

 

Could be an Artists fungus, Ganoderma applanatum

 

Echium vulgare



Yellow horned poppy





Toadflax

 

Are you down Dungy?
I tried to get seeds of that yellow horned poppy earlier in the year, but I was TOO early.
Dont try the Echiums, they will take over and grow massive in decent soil.
Those yellow Toadflax are all over at the moment, I can only guess the hot summer has held them back..