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Thistle

A lovely variety of Water Lillies at a lake I visited the other day in Cornwall. Here are 2 of them in full bloom.

kenyc wrote in post #19080947
Thistle

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They have to be amongst the most beautiful flowers on this Earth. Good thing the manking hasn't tried to improve on them and screw them up as has happened to lots that the 'experts' have fiddled with.

Lovely shot against the fence too Ken.

John have you been supping too much Thistle Juice? They are a pain in the rear end here thanks to some early transportees I imagine who thought it would be nice to have a bit of familiartity.

Mm. I do agree they have (some, a little) merit

Richard, as I have stated before. Weeds are just flowers in the wrong place mate, init already

The leaves also make good non slip seat linings too

avondale87 wrote in post #19081138
They are a pain in the rear end here

I don't think you're supposed to sit on them, Richard.

Floating flower petal

Sibil wrote in post #19081195
Floating flower petal

Beautiful, it looks other-wordly.

I guess I’ll post a photo of our “yard monster “, and guests.

This grows just out kitchen window and is a great joy for us, and especially my wife who doesn’t get around as well as in younger days.

That's a lovely photo PR. Both feeding and sated.

See Richard, look at just how beautiful your terrors are and the butterflies and the bees love them. So what's not to like

No taste these Tazies have they PR

More from Westonbirt Arboretum.

Chinese Bean tree flowers. Just shows that some nice things come from there too?

Jonzjob wrote in post #19081226
That's a lovely photo PR. Both feeding and sated.

See Richard, look at just how beautiful your terrors are and the butterflies and the bees love them. So what's not to like

No taste these Tazies have they PR

I guess these beauties are a little like lovely ladies. Lovely to be around and enjoy. But when there is a room/field full of them it can get a we bit sticky.

Thanks John

Raspberry blossoms.

Jonzjob wrote in post #19081226
That's a lovely photo PR. Both feeding and sated.
See Richard, look at just how beautiful your terrors are and the butterflies and the bees love them. So what's not to like

No taste these Tazies have they PR

Park Ranger wrote in post #19081333
I guess these beauties are a little like lovely ladies. Lovely to be around and enjoy. But when there is a room/field full of them it can get a we bit sticky.
Thanks John

HaHa. John the problem is not in isolation.
Like Park Ranger said, get a room full (paddock) of them and they are a right.. #$#@.
They breed prolifically and consume land that moos and baas need to feed all the hungry mouths in Britain.


Your other flower is a herb Valerian. Yes we have that too
Results from multiple studies indicate that valerian — a tall, flowering grassland plant — may reduce the amount of time it takes to fall asleep and help you sleep better. Of the many valerian species, only the carefully processed roots of the Valeriana officinalis have been widely studied. However, not all studies have shown valerian to be effective, and there may be some dangers.

Before you decide to take a valerian supplement for insomnia, consider the following:
I won't be experimenting with that though