How to theme a post which features photos of flowers as delicate and rare as an orchid, and as common and tough as hogweed. By colour, of course. So here you are:
The Pyramidal Orchid: 17 June 2019
And the reason there is only one is one’s all we found. Perhaps we were too early?
Downy Rose: 17 June 2019
I was reluctant to name this rose. Yet it could be nothing else with this depth of colour
Pink var. Hogweed: 17 June 2019
Although the usual hogweed has creamy-white flowers (see Friday Fauna: Painted Lady), pink- and even purple-flowered plants are also found.
crispina kemp 
So pretty! š ā¤
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I thank you.
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Gorgeous, as I have come to expect from you.
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I thank you, Dale.
It’s always so difficult to chose which to post.
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I can well understand!
Off to work for me now… Boooo
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Enjoy … as much as one can with work. š
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Beautiful!
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I thank you. So many roses in the hedgerows right now. And at least three different species. And all of them wild. It’s a delight to see them.
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So beautiful! š
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I’m making the most of early summer. Later, the hedgerows grow dull. Though, later August on, there’ll be the berries.
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The Downy Rose looks similar to the picture I sent you. Same leaves same yellow center. Hmmm
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Would that be because they’re both roses? The Downy Rose is only ever white. But there are closely related species that are pink. In fact, I saw a rose on someone’s blog today, which the blogger said was a *Virginia Rose*; since she lives in Newfoundland (or Labrador or maybe even Canada), this could be your rose.
https://jenniferkellandperry.com/2018/10/28/sunday-snaps-virginia-rose/
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Such pretty photos! I’ve never seen pink hogweed (that I know of, at any rate) and the orchid is delightful. Wild roses are one of my favs.
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Pink and purple could be East Anglian specialties, and even there you tend to find them confined to certain localities.
As to wild roses: our hedges are full of them. The Downy Rose which I posted on Saturday, I have a photo of them that look like so many fried eggs held up on sticks. The bush was smoothed in the white blooms.
But the orchids this year is a disappointment.
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You bring out the beauty of all three, Crispina! The hogweed seems too lovely to be given such a rude name.
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Thank you, Joy. And I agree about the hogweed. But though the flowers are delicate, they are held aloft on sturdy (peashooter) stems, and the leaves can be massive. In fact, everything about it, except the flowers, are coarse. As a kid I used to gather it for the rabbits we kept. And it always grew amongst the stinging nettles!
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I like that kind of plant, where it’s mostly strong and no-nonsense and then puts out a pretty little flower too.
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I think most people passing the plant wouldn’t see the detail. These are close-ups, as you can see with the Painted Lady. Most folk just see chunks of colour. Kinda plate-like, in this case.
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Lovely!
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I love wild flowers. Does it show?
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