Do you like the name for this flower? I hoped you might, as I made it up! Another surprise flower in a different rewilded patch, it seems to resemble a poppy in its fragility and the type of bud, so I am making an assumption that this is what it is. The reason I make up names is that in order to have unique titles for my posts, I have to give the flowers unique titles. I searched through the list of flowers included in my wildflower mixes and couldn’t find one that resembled this, so perhaps it was a total volunteer! I loved the delicate pink crinkles on this and hope that more will appear next year. Let me know if you have a different name for this lovely thing. See you tomorrow, friends. Enjoy your day. View all posts on the Home page.  A Flower a Day #369   

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In the field next to us (also cultivated extensively by raccoons and skunks) grow lots of these cheery yellow goldenrod. As I have said more than once on this project, this plant is not responsible for your seasonal allergies, but frequently suffers unjustly from being blamed for it. For my part, I enjoy looking closely at it to view what visitors are drinking from the hundreds of tiny florets and on this occasion I wasn’t disappointed as I managed to get 2 to share with you today. The Dingy Cutworm moth looks like it was designed in the Art Deco period and is very unimaginately named “Dingy”. I have no idea what the tiny bug above it is, but thought he looked very smart in his striped red, white and black uniform. If anyone knows, please let me know and I will add it here on the post. So now you have homework, if you have time to spare and a more helpful insect identifying app than I do. I hope you have a bit of fun today, whatever you are doing. View all posts on the Home page.  A Flower a Day #368   

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This was a real surprise in my moderately successful rewilded patch, as it is nothing like the Michaelmas daisies that I remember, and such big blooms compared to so many of the wildflowers that have grown. It certainly brightens the patch up dramatically and obviously attracts beneficial insects, which was, after all, the whole point of the exercise! I hope you all enjoy the sight of this cheery flower with its little visitor today. It comes with a hug on this World Wild Aster Day for each of you! View all posts on the Home page.  A Flower a Day #367

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The linden tree, smelling so fragrant and buzzing with bees, is one of my favourite memories of our times in France. Now we have a few of these just next to our barn, planted a few years ago, so I have the same experience to remind me of our time there. The flowers might not look like much, but you can’t tell that to the bees, as at times the tree seems alive with them and with their racket, you almost think there’s an engine rumbling nearby as you walk in the area. So this is today’s happy photo (especially happy if you like bees, though there are none in sight here) is to wish you all a productive day. View all posts on the Home page.  A Flower a Day #366

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