Bloomin' bikes with wild flowers

[FrothNinja]

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No bike today..

Think its ragwort and thistle

 

[lazybloke]

That's a lovely pic , @PeteXXX .


Not so impressive, but saw these growing on chalk up on the top of the North Downs. Wondering what they are... i can get no further than 'looks sort of like penstemon'

 

[PeteXXX]

Not sure, possibly a garden escapee, but it sure is purdee....

It was quite a distance from any gardens.. Possibly wind blown seed?
It looked like it was part of the bramble, too, but it was a bit pointy to disentangle it!

 

[PeteXXX]

That's a lovely pic , @PeteXXX .


Not so impressive, but saw these growing on chalk up on the top of the North Downs. Wondering what they are... i can get no further than 'looks sort of like penstemon'
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Thank you. I was playing with my new camera 📸

 

[FrothNinja]

That's a lovely pic , @PeteXXX .


Not so impressive, but saw these growing on chalk up on the top of the North Downs. Wondering what they are... i can get no further than 'looks sort of like penstemon'
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Try Rose-bay Willowherb aka Fireweed. Allegedly used as a mild hallucinogen amongst some of the First Nation peoples of the northern America

 

[lazybloke]

Try Rose-bay Willowherb aka Fireweed. Allegedly used as a mild hallucinogen amongst some of the First Nation peoples of the northern America

Cool. Any recipes?

 

[FrothNinja]

Cool. Any recipes?

Used to be loads on line, but now seem to be more prosaic purposes

 

[Windle]

Not sure what it is, the wife knows flowers, I don't. Along the cycle path between the A6072 Heighington bypass and the B6444 that goes down to the station / industrial estates.

 

[FrothNinja]

Not sure what it is, the wife knows flowers, I don't. Along the cycle path between the A6072 Heighington bypass and the B6444 that goes down to the station / industrial estates.

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Tree on the right is a field maple & I suspect the yellow flower is a St John's Wort

 

[Windle]

The wife and I had a walk round Auckland Castle park a couple of weeks ago, taking a different route in from usual, via Durham road and spotted huge swathes of tall plants with orchid like pink flowers (various shades even down to nearly white) in the woods. A quick google turned nothing up but I later found out it was Himalayan Balsam, which is an invasive species! It was certainly taking over in there.

 

[FrothNinja]

Daucus carota [Wild Carrot]