It needs no introduction . . . except this is a selection of photos taken over the past 6 weeks . . . . Enjoy . . .
I was going to label these with the particular species but . . . dog rose . . . field rose . . . sweetbriar . . .
A different species . . I think. It clambered for some distance through the farmer’s hedge
Sweetbriar . . . it has smaller leaves than the dog and field rose (I think)
A charming change of colour. But now back to the pinks . . .
The common mallow . . . so pink, it’s almost purple
Pretty in pink: the musk mallow
Foxglove . . . and a visiting bee
Hedge woundwort, of the deadnettle family, aptly found in a hedge amongst stinging nettles
This pink variety is less often seen than the common (white-flowered) hogweed. But what an inelegant name for a star of a flower
Willowherb . . . it’s one of those wild flowers that come in multiple species
Honeysuckle, a rare pink
Honeysuckle . . . in the more common cream. And smelling divine
A cascade of honeysuckle. It seems to tumble through every hedge and clamber around every tree.
It’s such a shame I can’t include the scents of these flowers. June in particular was a rich month for perfumes. But it’s been so difficult to pick out just a few photos from the many I’ve taken. And while themed pink, contrast is needed, hence the purples and creams.
All these photos (except the foxglove) were taken on my rambles around the old hundred of Henstead, southeast of Norwich between the rivers Yare and Tas. Although the villages there are rapidly growing, becoming dormitories for Norwich, yet between the villages is as rural as ever, crisscrossed with footpaths, green-lanes and farm tracks. Excellent walking. The foxglove was taken alongside a footpath that runs from Somerleyton to Flixton (between Yarmouth & Lowestoft) as were many of the previous tree photos.
crispina kemp 
Beautiful photos. Aren’t we lucky to have such beautiful wild flowers in the uk. Thanks for sharing
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My favorites are the hedge climber and first mallow, btw.
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The honeysuckle? Only both the rose and the honeysuckle clamber up through the hedges. That day we walked from Fritton Decoy to Flixton Decoy, mostly along the Waveney but via Somerleyton, it seemed everywhere were these sweet smelling climbers. Yet the best photos were those I’d taken the week before. And I agree on the mallow. That did come out rather well. And notice the wildlife I included (the bee), so you couldn’t say all my photos are ‘still life’. I even captured a ‘moving’ yacht in the previous post!
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Second picture in the post is the climber I meant.
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The rose . . . by whichever name. The white one, the sweetbriar rose, had formed an entire hedge. I wanted to capture it all but . . . can’t be done without resort to video. On one of the photos the sun is so shining down in ‘rays’, it looks ethereal. But not so good to include in this sequence. Ah well, autumn trees soon! Actually, I’m currently collecting ‘tree-fruit’ photos. I think they’ll come first.
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Be pleased to see them.
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Keep watching this space . . .
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