A diary of back garden botany, urban ecology, rural rambles and field trips to the middle of nowhere...
Saturday, 26 May 2018
Not a meadow in the countryside but a neglected patch at the allotments. Growing through the coarse grasses are the plum purple flowers of Aquilegia (not sure which variety it is), some airy umbellifers (probably Cow Parsley) and tall swaying Ox-Eye Daisies (Leucanthemum vulgare).
The Aquilegia no doubt seeded from some nearby garden or allotment. Cow Parsley and related umbellifers grow everywhere and Ox-Eye Daisies thrive on disturbed ground- most years they put on a fine display alongside many railway lines.