Thursday, 10 July 2008

A new bloom

Sunday's dry gap between the showers gave me the opportunity to pop out to our wetland to see how the native wildflowers are coping. We are particularly proud of this area of land which is named 'Gweirglodd' in ancient Welsh, meaning 'boggy wet place' or something similar. We call it 'The Moor'.


This year for the first time we have an area of Bog Asphodel (above) an absolutely gorgeous member of the lily family with highly fragrant spikes of yellow starry blooms.

This is the Spotted Marsh Orchid, which blooms in droves from June to July. It starts this lovely dark pink, then fades to almost white, like the one in the background.

And this is Whorled Caraway, which is the county flower of Carmarthenshire.

Posted by Maggie Christie at 1:24 pm
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10 comments:

  1. toady10 July 2008 at 14:51

    I love wild flowers but they're getting pretty rare around these parts, sadly.

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  2. Elizabethd10 July 2008 at 15:54

    Wild flowers need to be preserved, and those are beautiful.We had bee orchids in our last house. The marsh orchid is so pretty, wonderful that your acreage is supporting so many varieties of wild flower.

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  3. Chris Stovell10 July 2008 at 16:26

    Well, that was interesting - I didn't know I was looking at a whorled caraway!

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  4. snailbeachshepherdess10 July 2008 at 19:02

    Any ragged robin?
    I had never seen any of those before

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  5. Norma Murray10 July 2008 at 20:34

    Delightful...

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  6. Westerwitch/Headmistress11 July 2008 at 09:59

    I love wild flowers - am going to put one up on Purplecoo today asking what it is - very unusual. We have the Whorled Caraway in abundance in Scotland I love its lacey delicate quality.

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  7. Un Peu Loufoque11 July 2008 at 10:55

    We have masses of wild marshorchids liek yours along the banks of the lanes so splendid. I masquarade under the pretense of preserving our wild plants bty rarely cutting the graa but don't think I fool anyone!

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  8. Helen11 July 2008 at 21:03

    Beautiful photos - guess it's been a good year for bog plants!!

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  9. Cait O'Connor11 July 2008 at 22:23

    You must be proud to have such a selection of those rare flowers. Great photos.

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  10. Pipany14 July 2008 at 10:26

    More of these pictures please Mags. I love the idea of a wetland (my garden?) and the very special plants that grow there. Your home sounds such a wonderful place and it's great that you are taking such good care of the land. Love the strawberry story by the way - great image of you breaking the jar open to scoff the berry! xx

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