The sun has shone for a couple of days but we've had rain again today. It's been a stay at home day today. Small jobs have been done. I tackled sorting out and tidying a kitchen drawer and cleared up the ironing. Paul is now making bread, whilst I'm wondering what on earth to write about today. Thank you all for reading and commenting over the last few days I've really enjoyed your comments and responding to them.
If in doubt turn to the garden where there is still some colour to be seen. The yellow roses are always the first of the rose bushes to flower and always the last too. The Echinacia flowers have all turned brown now but the Verbena Bonariensis are still flowering although flopping all over rather than standing upright and getting tangled up in other plants. This makes them hard to photograph. Some of the Hardy Geraniums have started to flower again and the Japanese Anemones are still in flower.
I found a rather strange plant in the garden. It has self seeded. Neither of us have any idea what it could be. I've put a couple of photos below in the hopes someone will recognise it.
It's probably just me but for some reason I don't quite like the look of it
These are pretty.
ReplyDeleteI was photographing roses yesterday.
They keep flowering right until the winter. Look forward to seeing your rose photos:)
DeleteI do like yellow roses. Anything light glows in the moonlight. I tried to find out what your mystery plant is Rosie but can't find anything but just found this - 2020 DATURA STRAMONIUM (Jimson Weed). Could this be it? :) I found it on a site called the Highbury Wildlife Garden (in London).
ReplyDeleteThank you Simone for all your help. The name you gave us led us to the Nighshade family and apparently t's an Atropa Belladonna. I've put a link to the Woodland Trust Site on the post so you can see it. It's very poisonous so I'm not sure it will be staying in the garden:)
DeleteHi Rosie. Are you sure it is deadly nightshade? The leaves look different to the ones in your photo. Also the Woodland trust say the leaves are oval and untoothed and yours are not. I have deadly nightshade in my garden (keep pulling it up) and the leaves are quite slim oval shaped and fairly small. I think you may have to delve a bit deeper to see what it is. :)
DeleteHi Simone. Not really sure but the flower head looked right. Looks as if we will have to do more digging I'm sure it is a poisonous plant though, I had that feeling when I saw it. I looked at the Highbury Gardens site but couldn't find anything, I'll look further though as it's al ovely site. Thank you so much for all your help:)
DeleteMe again Rosie! Here is a description from the site from highburywildlifegarden.org.uk Unfortunately I couldn't post the photos with the link. 2020 DATURA STRAMONIUM (Jimson Weed)
DeleteA sizeable plant with large toothed leaves appeared in the wild area by the back fence during lockdown. Its WHITE flowers resembled the Angel’s Trumpets that had succumbed to winter in 2001. Its leaves, however, had a more dramatic edge to them, deeply toothed and scalloped. Internet research suggested that a seed had come from bird droppings or mixed birdseed in nearby feeders. This was perhaps an exotic gift from the universe…
It was Datura stramonium, a plant found round the world, with highest numbers in Mexico & Central America. Anyone working with this plant is advised to wear gloves. It is poisonous to dogs & horses; animals will not eat it.
Thank you Simone for poping back, I will have a look at the Highbury Wildlife Garden Site again, I want to go back and just look at it anyway as it is a well presented and interesting site and I'm also going to pass the link to it on to a friend who I know will be interested. Thank you again:)
DeleteYour photos have come out really well, very atmospheric and the flowers are looking a picture still even at this late stage. 😊
ReplyDeleteThe light was lovely when I took the photos earlier in the week. The flowers are hanging on at the moment:)
DeleteLovely to see your garden flowers. Sorry I haven't seen that plant before - hope you find out what it is and please do tell us.
ReplyDeleteThere are very few flowers left now but they are colourful. The plant is one of the Nightshade family. I've updated the post. I think it may have to go:)
DeleteLovely post again & nice to still see some colour in the garden. If the nightshade had been sporting it's black berries I'd have known that it wasn't good, but certainly didn't realise that was what it is called. I always thought deadly nightshade was a climber, or maybe we don't call it the same name over here. Take care & hugs.
ReplyDeleteThank you Susan. I think there are various plants in the nightshade family still not sure about this one. It's good to have some colour in the garden:)
DeleteI envy you your rain. There is so much construction around here just now that we are drowning in dust. I'm so longing for rain. I should wash the windows, that usually does the trick.
ReplyDeleteAmalia
xo
Thank you Amalia, yes washing the windows usually means rain the next day. I hope you get some rain soon:)
DeleteThe flower looks a little like lords and ladies. Still lots of colour in your garden. Looking lovely. B x
ReplyDeleteI'll look into that, thank you as we are stil not sure what the plant is. I will be sad when the last flowers disappear:)
DeleteI think your plant is Nicandra physalodes (shoo-fly plant), which is a member of the potato family. Its seed can be found in commercial bird seed mixes. More info can be found here: https://www.rhs.org.uk/weeds/nicandra-physalodes.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes
Ellie
Hello Ellie, thank you so much. The shoe fly plants looks more like the plant in our garden than any of the others I've looked at, although we feed just sunflower hearts to the birds there are seeds in the fat balls we use so it could have come from one of those perhaps as it isn't too far from the feeders. Thank you for the link:)
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