Last year, the surprise appearance of a Bee Orchid in the lawn of Tense Towers caused quite a stir. Sadly, despite the application of a good coat of looking at, there's not a roseate to be seen this Spring.
No, this time there's a whole border of wildflower seed to worry about. A veritable magnet for dust-bathing Sparrows, cat scat and the feathered vacuum cleaners that are Wood Pigeons. This year the defence architect had to think big. How big?
Castle Cornflower big.
Obviously, apart from 6 square metres of galvanised wire, there's not much to see at the moment. However I did spend a happy hour, sifting through the seed mix to identify the 9 species of annual flowers it contained.
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| Agrostemma githago, Corn Cockle |
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3 comments:
Blimey, you've got some patience working your way through them seeds to identify them.
I was told last year, by a very nice lady at the Parks Trust, after finding some at Caldecotte Lake, that Bee Orchids don't necessarily come up in the same place each year. Shame. :-(
A very nice and absolutely correct lady, I would say!
Not patience exactly, Keith. There were a few expletives along the way. Particularly when I lost one of the poppy seeds as I went to photograph them :o)
Good spotting and counting - good job it wasn't like an MFI or Ikea self assembly set! You'd have been well miffed if a seed type was missing from the set.
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