Friday, 1 July 2011

Ragged Robin




White flowering heads


3 stages of Jack go to bed at noon


and a moth in the garden

In recent years I only know of one site locally where this plant can be seen in good numbers. As a child I can remember this plant growing on the damp woodland edge of Ulgham Park but the site has long gone. They used to grow at Felton lane but I haven't seen them here since 1987 and Beaconhill in the early nineties. The above pictures were taken at Mitford castle yesterday.
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4 comments:

  1. Phil1 July 2011 at 12:22

    I hadn't seen any ragged robin for ages, then a lot of it appeared around Tunstall reservoir in Weardale this year. Lovely plant - never seen a white one .....

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  2. Rob1 July 2011 at 17:16

    Superb back lighting on the Ragged Robin - best shot of this flower I've seen.

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  3. Stewart1 July 2011 at 19:24

    Mottled Beauty Nige..

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  4. abbey meadows2 July 2011 at 21:08

    Thanks for the comments and the moth id.
    Ragged robin does show up on the new road by-passes with wild flower mix but the flowering heads are half the size of the native plants.

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