Glorious pink!

As summer gets going and the weather warms up, different wild flowers are emerging. 

Knapweed is looking lovely and will attract plenty of insects. It will appear in meadows and even on your lawn if you don't mow it for a few weeks!

More spectacular though are the Pyramidal orchids which can be found in a few places around the parish at the moment. Their name is a very good description of the flower head, especially before it fully opens and makes it one of the easier orchids to identify.

Rosebay willowherb, another summer flower often seen on our roadside verges is making lovely splashes of colour now. The seeds are specially adapted with tiny parachutes which blow on the slightest breeze and therefore spread the flowers range. Also known as fireweed as it germinates after fires.

 

The Field scabious, whilst not such a vivid pink, but lilac with a hint of pink, is also flowering now and deserves a mention. This plant was used to alleviate plague sores and other skin conditions, which is probably where it got its name from!