Hawksbeard

At first glance at this wild flower I immediately thought ‘dandelion’, that is to say the one that we all have known throughout our lives, whether we live in the city or the country. In one way I am almost right, as it is a member of the aster family and what this means, of course, is that we have another excuse for a celebration – a World Wild Aster day! Enjoy the bright happy flowers here with their petals that look like pieces of yellow paper cut out and stuck together to form a sun shape. And have a happy WWAD, my friends. Flower a Day #525 View all posts on the Home page.  

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Some Kind of Daisy

UPDATE: See Below for the answer to the game:
Today’s fun is a guessing game. The different options for names for this flower ranged from Florist’s Daisy, Persian Daisy, Boston Daisy, African Daisy, China Aster, Cape Rain Daisy and Indian Chrysanthemum. I’ve taken a tour round the world in this, but none of the suggestions had that texture I see on the petals, nor the fine ends of where they meet the centre of the flower. Not one was actually in the aster family, not even the China one, which is why, although the titles say different daisies, I am not declaring this a World Wide Aster day. But you know, you can celebrate today if you want! Why not? Just choose a reason and celebrate. I’m going to celebrate today as being a World Daisy Tour day, though I know at least one will be calling it a Pink Flower Day!

Answer to the guessing game as supplied by my friend Janet, who has pointed out that this is, in fact, the Marguerite daisy, which IS, in fact, an aster, as it turns out! It is a native of the Canary Islands, so here we have one more country on the itinerary for today!

Whatever your day brings, enjoy it as much as you can. Flower a Day #524 View all posts on the Home page.  

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Pink Lupins

In this part of the world, lupins (or lupines) are a regular site in early summer, whether purple, or white, yellow, or pale pink as here. They line the ditches and are scattered on any barren ground they can find. Strangely enough, we have none on the field next to us, but these are in a bit of scrub ground near our community centre/fire station. The pink ones are more unusual and it’s not easy to photograph such tall spears in this format, as they lend themselves more to ‘portrait’ orientation. That doesn’t work well for screens that are sideways (laptops etc) and doesn’t fit my project, so I am glad I was able to get these to work for me. I hope these bring back good country memories for some and give a happy pink flower day for everyone. Flower a Day #523 View all posts on the Home page.  

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Fleurette

I loved this crowd of little purple flowers so much! A label I photographed at about the same time had “Fleurette” on it, so I hope this is what these are. In any case, they are a mass of happiness, rather than a spotlight, today. The word means little flowers, obviously, so it fits perfectly, for me. Purple is a rich colour and I hope this splash of natural richesse brings a good start to your day. Flower a Day #522 View all posts on the Home page.  

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