Saturday 6 April 2019


 Well, it's not quite the ancient woodland of my previous entry but I like it when suburbia gets a bit wild around the margins. I was out and about in affluent Dulwich earlier in the week and on the fringes of a politely manicured front garden I noticed this attractive tableau.
 The White Comfrey (Symphytum orientale) probably self-seeded and is merging with the plum-purple flowers of a Greater Periwinkle (Vinca major). Noted for being vigorous ground cover its trailing stems touch the ground, root and throw out more stems. The Periwinkle is growing through the holly-like leaves and yellow flowers of Oregon Grape (Mahonia aquifolium), which is a shrubby, suckering spreader.