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Quote of the day:
“What wondrous life is this I lead!
Ripe apples drop about my head;
The luscious clusters of the vine
Upon my mouth do crush their wine;
The nectarine and curious peach
Into my hands themselves do reach;
Stumbling on melons, as I pass,
Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass.”
~ Andrew Marvell
Forage in October for:
Sweet Chestnuts, Sloes, Dandelion Leaves, Rosehips, Hops, Walnuts, Haws (Hawthorn berries), Wild Strawberries, Cleavers, Burdock Roots, Rowan Berries
Tag Archives: Parasitic plants
Coming out of the woodwork ….
Purple Toothwort (Lathraea clandestina) is like something conjured from a science fiction film, but it is real and it is breaking out of the ground right now. Just look at the clusters of little hooded figures with their sinister overhanging … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers, Nature, Spring, Whimsy
Tagged aliens, broomrape family, Cambridge Botanics, Gardens, Lathraea clandestina, Parasitic plants, Purple toothwort
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A Life of Dependency: A surprise encounter with a parasitic plant
On yet another recent dog walk (great things for discovering stuff about wildlife and nature) and buoyed up after discovering some spotted orchids in the fields across the back, we stumbled on a strange looking plant in a meadow. It … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Out and about, Plants, Whimsy
Tagged clover, Common Broomrape, meadow, nature, Orobanche minor, Parasite, Parasitic plants
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