Flower Power

[Maz]

A thread for anything plant or nature related

 

[Member ID2]

This solitary fritillaria stands proud every year in the wilderness of our garden.

 

[Member ID2]

Please share your power flowers if you like.

 

[Maz]

That is really beautiful.

 

[elusive]

That’s lovely, I have lots of these & they’re one of my favourites.
I’d probably get blown away if I tried to take any photos of flowers today but if the weather settles I’ll see what I can find.

 

[Member ID2]

As i'm not a gardener and can't tell a weed from something that has been planted (by me?) a flower is always a surprise.

 

[Member ID2]

Not sure if the poppies in the hamster graveyard are classed as a weed or wild flower but i can't remember ever planting them.

 

[RainbowBrite]

Not sure if the poppies in the hamster graveyard are classed as a weed or wild flower but i can't remember ever planting them.

Are they orange is it just the light? They look beautiful.

 

[Member ID2]

I do like spikey plants like yucca so i'm looking forward to see what this flower is going to look like.

 

[Member ID2]

Are they orange is it just the light? They look beautiful.

They are orange and some are yellow.

 

[RainbowBrite]

They are orange and some are yellow.

I did not know it was possible for poppies to be orange and yellow.

 

[elusive]

What’s a weed anyway, just something you don’t want!

They look like welsh poppies, most are yellow but occasionally they can be orange, one of my favourite flowers, I have lots but no orange ones.

 

[Maz]

As i'm not a gardener and can't tell a weed from something that has been planted (by me?) a flower is always a surprise.

I’m not that expert on identification either. The first photo might be bluebells or harebells. The second one looks like some kind of shrub but I have no idea what it is. The last two look like different types of clematis maybe. Do the kind of twine around things?

Many wildflowers and herbs are technically weeds but that doesn’t mean they aren’t wildflowers or herbs and they are nice! I think of weeds as rampant things that kill other plants - like ground elder (there is some here at the back and it chokes other plants and almost impossible to get rid of). Although technically that is a herb too and edible! And chickweed which spreads everywhere - but is also a herb and is very good for eczema!

I think poppies can come in various colours if they are ornamental poppies which have been bred specifically - the seeds could have just blown in from another garden maybe.

 

[Maz]

It’s nice to see some more flowers anyway You have some lovely ones in your garden.

 

[Member ID2]

I didn't know they were called welsh poppies.

 

[Member ID2]

It’s nice to see some more flowers anyway You have some lovely ones in your garden.

I like to go to car boot sales and sometimes pick up a cheap plant, stick it in the garden then wait and see what happens but usually forget about them.

 

[Member ID2]

Once upon a time this was a willow but it died i think so i chopped it.
I left it in because i like its gnarled look and the birds use it as a stopover from bird feeder to big tree.

 

[Maz]

It looks really interesting! What is the other wood thing behind it? That looks interesting too.

 

[elusive]

I really like that willow too.

 

[Member ID2]

It looks really interesting! What is the other wood thing behind it? That looks interesting too.

That was a yucca which died over the winter. It's done that before and i nearly chucked it out but OH advised to leave it in and it grew again.
The weather is all mixed up here in the South and i miss the lovely temperate English climate with plenty of rain, no snow and no fierce sun. Never cold and never hot. All gone, sadly. I'm dreading the summer.
I think the frost last winter killed the yucca and the NZ grass.