A stand of (probably) Russian Comfrey judging by its pinkish/port wine flowers though that ID is notional. Symphytum x uplandicum is a hybrid of S. officinale and S. asperum widely naturalised having been introduced to the UK as a crop for fodder, fertiliser etc. It cross pollinates with native S. officinale so interbeeding is infinitely mutable. 

Greater Stichwort

Red Campion

Star of Bethlehem

 

 The wildwood is gone -the primeval forest that covered much of this island- but some species of the forest floor remain. In a damp tree-lined dell near Hitchin there are thousands of Ramsons aka Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum). 

 This colony would have flourished under the canopy of the wildwood. And persisted as our ancient ancestors created a landscape of woodlands and clearings. The dell is now surrounded by large arable fields where no Ramson could grow. Nonetheless the pungent smell of garlic fills the air of the dell as it would have done in the wildwood. 

 

 The presence of Yellow Archangel (Lamium galeobdolon) is an indicator of ancient woodland. I made my annual pilgrimage to look for tiny Toothworts on the edge of Wain Wood. Not one did I find but there was more Archangel than usual.

 

A particularly handsome stand of Solomon's Seal.

The heat today is more like summer and the bees are buzzing.

 White Deadnettle (Lamium album) flowers early in spring and keeps on flowering through summer, autumn into winter. A prolific weed/wildflower much visited by bumblebees.