Summer is coming to a close and so the flowers within our meadows will be shortly closing too. However there are still plenty of surprises waiting to be found, you just have to look a bit closer.........
Perennial Meadows
Our perennial meadows are on their last legs, the carrot (Daucus carota) has gone to seed so all that can be seen now is a sea of brown carrot seed heads.
However certain plants seem to be getting a second wind and can be seen in between the carrot.
 |
| Musk mallow (Malvus moschata) can be seen still flowering. |
 |
| As can common knapweed (Centaurea nigra) |
While most of the pollinators are gone you can still see the occasional bee or hoverfly and the meadows are being put to good use by other beasties as well.
 |
| A male Bumble bee raising his leg to warn me off..............it was a male so it couldn't sting, but i wasn't willing to call his bluff! |
 |
| A bumble bee on a viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare), one of the plants coming back to life in our meadows. |
 |
| The tall carrot stalks make excellent areas for spiders to spin their webs. |
Annuals
While our perennial meadows might look a little worse for wear many of our annuals are still looking quite spectacular!
 |
| Red flax (Linum grandiflorum) and pot marigold (Callendula officinalis) are still thriving. |
 |
| Cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus) and Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) can be seen flowering here among many others. |
 |
| Two hoverflies are enjoying this Californian poppy. |
 |
| and this spider is enjoying a crane fly. |
No comments:
Post a Comment