“These photos of the beautiful tiny flowers were taken on Sunday, in Orkney.”
Primula Scotica
Create a Pit Stop for Pollinators
“By providing a pit stop for pollinators, you will be doing your bit for the insects that allow us to survive. Without them, we are gone. ” Alan Titchmarsh
Phacelia/Tigerlilia Terriblis?
“The owner of a nearby farm has two set-aside fields every year, wherein grow a mixture of wildflowers “
Plant focus: Daisy
Bellis perennis, the daisy, is a common European species of the family Asteraceae.
Plant Focus: Hollyhocks
These plants will self-seed around the garden and come in a wide variety of colours.
Breck to Bu and Back Again
“We’ve done this walk many times before, but, as with any walk, there is always something different to see.”
Plant Focus: Nasturtium
A bonnie floo’er that you can add to salads – the Nasturtium is an easy to grow plant and a great one to get bairns interested in gardening.
Week Thirty – One Day At A Time
“July the Twenty-fifth……………An emerald sea……Rippling….”
Plant Focus: Rosa Rugosa ‘Alba’
Fragrant, pure white, single flowers 9cm wide open in summer and autumn
Plant Focus: Peony
In Japan they represent good fortune as well as a righteous and noble spirit.
