Why don’t you see what types of wild flowers are in your area?
It would help if you had a field guide like this one, which you could probably borrow from your local library or, if you’re lucky, you might be able to get one cheap at a charity shop.
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Pictures by Miranda, Words by Violet 🙂
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Thank you for liking “Signs of Spring.” Nice post! 🙂 I like wildflowers, and I enjoyed learning more about some of the ones in your area.
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My pleasure, and thank you for your comment, so glad you enjoyed this post 🙂
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Oh my glob. This is the best post ever. Genius! 🙂
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Why thank you 🙂
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I enjoyed this post very much 🙂
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Thank you for telling me, I’m so glad 🙂
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You’re SO creative! As a Barbie and flowers fan I thank you dearly for the tour 🙂
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😀 this one was so fun to do. Glad you liked it, thank you 🙂
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Wow you made Barbie useful…ha ha.
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😀
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My New England Aster are just starting to flower. I love your use of the Spokes Barbie.
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Thank you 🙂
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That’s pretty cool and very educational/informative. 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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What a lovely and I bet effective way to teach children (and adults) about the countryside and the many benefits of the beautiful plants. Lovely post, regards James 🙂
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Thank you so much James 🙂
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Wonderful post & so engaging- thanks Violet!
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Thank you 🙂 so glad you liked it. I know Babs enjoyed herself 😉
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These wildflowers are beautiful. 🙂
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They are aren’t they? Thank you for your comment 🙂
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Lovely Summer wildflowers 🙂 Knapweed is a favourite in our family too … especially for bee-on-a-flower photo opportunities 🙂
[From the way the flowers grow, I think your willowherb looks like it is most probably Great Willowherb (Epilobium hirsutum) rather than Rosebay Willowherb … here’s my Rosebay to compare – http://oaktreesstudio.wordpress.com/2014/07/30/purple-wildflowers-of-summer/ :)]
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Thank you Peggy, I knew I could depend on your expertise. I have looked at your post to compare the willowherbs – amazing photos by the way – and I have to say I can’t tell the difference so I am impressed by your knowledge. Babs comes across as confident but she only knows what google tells her 😉
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You are welcome, Violet. I think that post was something of a family effort on the photos!
I think it can sometimes be difficult to identify ‘unknown’ plants just from photos … I was tussling with one myself just last evening 😉
The main differences between the two willowherbs are:
Great Willowherb flowers are larger and have a white/pale central ‘eye’;
Rosebay Willowherb has four separated petals whereas the four petals of Great Willowherb tend to be slightly larger and overlap each other at the base;
on Rosebay Willowherb the flowers all grow together in a terminal spike whereas on Great Willowherb the flowers are rather more separated from each other on the plant.
Both plants are very common and are often found growing in clumps in the same area, though Great Willowherb is more likely on damper ground.
I enjoyed the fascinating plant lore Babs found to go with her pics 😉 I love learning about all the old medicinal uses of plants through the ages.
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Thank goodness for your indepth knowledge – now I can approve this comment and all this info will be included under the post for me (and others) to refer back to. Thanks Peggy 🙂
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oh you are very welcome Violet 🙂
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Wonderful. 🙂 Is Babs going to do more of these?
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Thank you, and yes, I think it will be hard to stop her now. She’s a wannabe Blue Peter presenter 😉
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Well, she’s doing a great job so far. 😀
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Thanks Sarah, I’ll pass that on 😉
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Great fun post 🙂 Enjoyed it thoroughly….Thanks Miranda, Violet and Babs!
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So glad you enjoyed it 😉 thanks for the lovely comment
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love wildflowers – UK has some very interesting ones. i miss them. eve
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We’ve seen so many different ones this year – amazing 🙂
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