Showing posts with label wildflowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wildflowers. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Clover all over....

Last year we had a poppy field there - this year it is coverd with clover. Not as spectacular but nevertheless beautiful...

"Trifolium" (Faboideae) clover, Klee

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Wild Larkspur - endangered***

A couple of weeks ago I discovered something very special in a field: wild larkspur which is an endangered species here in Germany. Additionally it was not only one colour blooming but THREE different ones!! It was difficult to photograph as there was a fence around that field. Two days later they had mewn the field for some un-plausible reason and the blooms were gone...

"Consolida regalis" (Ranunculaceae)
larkspur, Feldrittersporn***