A small collection of late July flowers, photos taken on our walk on 27th July 2026. Enjoy…

27th July 2026

Two invasive plants but so very different 🔼 Himalayan Balsam invades and clogs our waterways. But the bees love it and it’s so pretty 🔽 A Bramble Briar entwined with bindweed. Here’s another pretty flower, and the bees love this too and we love its berries. But it shows up all over the place and is nigh impossible to eradicate

27th July 2026

27th July 2026

Wetland delights 🔼 Up close and personal with Purple Loosestrife 🔽 Reedmace surviving, yet the ground is dry enough to support Ragwort and Thistles ⏬ Looking like an orchid, this Marsh Woundwort likes it damp

27th July 2026

27th July 2026

27th July 2026

Two yellow flowered plants 🔼 Common Fleabane and 🔽 no longer in flower so I can’t give you a definite ID but my guess is Birdsfoot Trefoil

27th July 2026

27th July 2026

Two healing herbs 🔼 St John’s Wort, still used today for depression and anxious 🔽 Yarrow, one time used to staunch blood flow

27th July 2026

27th July 2026

Into the edibles. Maybe! 🔼 Wild Carrot. It might be the grandma of today’s carrots but you’d have to be desperate to make a meal of its root 🔽 Sloe might vaguely resemble a plum but… draws a mouth tighter than a purse!

27th July 2026

🔽 Giving us a taste of what’s to come next week. Yellow Water-Lily (squint hard, it’s there 😁)

27th July 2026

And that is all for this week. More next week. But don’t forget Friday Flyers