By Junie
Essex, United Kingdom
Wild flowers - I had a nice walk round our Country Park, the wild flowers are glorious (and enough Cow Parsley to make a Chelsea designer's heart sing)! I recognise some, but can anyone help with identifying these, please?
- 22 May, 2015
Answers
The first one is rest harrow and the third is ribbed plantain.
22 May, 2015
The second one just MIGHT be a Potentilla (Pasque flower), going over.
22 May, 2015
Thanks for your help Steragram and Sheilabub. First question I've asked for about 3 years, good to see Moon_growe is as helpful as ever!
22 May, 2015
Junie I don't make 'guesses' and never will. To i.d. a flower properly the image needs to be in focus!
23 May, 2015
The first one looks like Lathyrus nissolia, Grass Vetchling.
The second appears to be Tragopogon porrifolius, Salsify.
The third is definitely Plantago lanceolata, Ribwort Plantain.
I'm used to identifying wild flowers from blurry photos, but as Moon grower says it makes it more difficult!
23 May, 2015
Thanks very much. Didn't mean to be rude to Moon grower, but one of the reasons I left this site a few years' ago was because I thought a few contributors went out of their way to belittle amateur gardeners, and to come back only to be told on my first foray that my photography is rubbish just confirms that nothing has changed! Surely if you cannot give an answer for any reason, then don't - no one is contractually obliged to answer every question. Anyway, that's my rant, it's over now, have a nice weekend everyone x
23 May, 2015
I'm sure MG wasn't trying to belittle you Junie. People usually do their best to answer as well as they can. I got the first one wrong and I was sure I was right, but no harm done.
23 May, 2015
The photos are all really out of focus - I wouldn't like to give an i.d. on any of them - sorry!
22 May, 2015