All our walks lately seem to have been whitewashed with hawthorn blossom, knee-high cow parsley and carpets of wild garlic. My friend actually referred to ‘white week’ last year to describe nature’s annual confetti cannon. Is it a thing? Does anyone else record the peak week for white wildflowers? That’s such a tongue twister it made my fingers curl on the keyboard!
I’ve been trying to photograph the blooms I don’t know the names of to remind me to look them up. Recent captures include green alkanet – which despite the name might just be the bluest wildflower around with its tiny cobalt petals – and a dainty white bloom by the canalside which I’ll have to ask #wildflowerhour to identify. This week there was (I think) a northern marsh orchid at the Gowy Woodland Park.
