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Walk on the wild side

Guernsey Donkey2Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713
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Unfortunately I can't manage a walk on the cliffs this year - although they are full of blossom and bird song - however I have made do with a short walk in our local lanes and this is what we saw.
Red CampionA type of sedum (2 of same)This is a cultivated plant - is it a Rhodo?Wood violetThree angled garlic grows on roadsides and in wallsI think this is Star of Bethlehem - no leaves and just three small clumps growing in this field
Red Valerian

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  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700
    Lovely photos as always Guernsey Donkey2, that shrub is Choysia Dewitteana 'Aztec Pearl'. 
  • Guernsey Donkey2Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713
    Thank you Borderline - Choysia Dewitteana was certainly eye catching - planted outside the sheltered home on our route today. I am pleased that you enjoyed looking at the pictures - they look a whole lot nicer when the sun is bright!
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Very nice. I've got a bit of a sedum obsession so I love seeing them thriving out in the wild.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • nultyphilip224nultyphilip224 Posts: 923
    @Guernsey Donkey2,..very nice images and they would encourage one to have a daily walk.
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  • Guernsey Donkey2Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713
    I know I should nultyphilip, there is so much of interest in this small area but I find that by the time I have done a couple of hours in the garden I feel whacked!  I used to do lots of walking but energy levels are lower now.  However when I do make the effort I always enjoy the surroundings. Sedums I can take or leave, but they appear to be a half way between cacti and normal garden plants - and like cacti they seem to thrive in the most inhospitable of places like on walls or parched earth.
  • Daisy33Daisy33 Posts: 1,031
    Lovely to see the photos of your walk, GD2. If you go for a walk round here and start taking pics people look most squinty at you and are likely to call Mr Plod. :D
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Guernsey Donkey2 said:
    Sedums I can take or leave, but they appear to be a half way between cacti and normal garden plants - and like cacti they seem to thrive in the most inhospitable of places like on walls or parched earth.
    There's a sedum for every occasion. A very underappreciated group of plants sadly even though they're great for pollinators.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • Guernsey Donkey2Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713
    You are right Wild Edges - we have the sedum Spectabile (?) in our garden that flowers late summer/early autumn and is attractive to the Red Admiral & bees that seem to live on it virtually all day!
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I just planted some of that under my street tree. Sedums seem to love it there.
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