On a trip down to the Lizard peninsula last Saturday (before the horrid rain and wind re-appeared) I discovered a whole lot of Geranium sanguineum, (common names bloody crane’s-bill or bloody geranium) that I didn’t see last year. These lovely vivid magenta-pink flowers with palmately-lobed leaves are so much nicer than the Herb Robert and Shining Cranesbill that colonise my garden. Though I do have some of these growing in my gravel garden that were bought from a nursery.
“Oh, do not frown,
Upon this crown
Of green pinks and blue geranium”– Louisa May Alcott, “Dear Grif”
Happy Friday, Jude! Hope the wind and rain has gone. Glorious here this morning 😍💕
It’s always glorious there! We have wind still but sunshine and cloudy. Warmer than in recent days.
Lovely find!
They were! Hardly any of last year’s flowers though. Just goes to show what a difference weather makes to native plant life.
It most certainly does, but that’s how the cycle of nature should be….
Except for all our interference…
Well, that’s what I was alluding to, with ‘should be’, Jude!!
I remember seeing these at Lizard Peninsula. I have some photos too.
They are so lovely just dotted around all over the place. I love seeing wild flowers in their natural setting.
So very beautiful . . .suspect they are looking very battered now. is this rain and wind ever going to stop?! dare I ask about the conservatory?
PS Looks like a hare lying down with its back to us in your header!
You do have a vivid imagination! No hare, just a rock, though we sadly found a dead baby bunny in our garden the other day. No injuries other than no eyes… pecked out by a crow perhaps? 😦
Too much cloud watching is probably too blame!
Oh poor thing. Hope you have it a state burial xx
We have had some sunny bits of days this week, but it has also been cold at times.The wind is causing more damage than the rain! And touch wood the conservatory is OK, but then it is the winter driving rain that causes the problem.
Sounds like you’ve had a better week than us rain wise, but yes the winds…..what ever happened to flaming June?
Flaming disappeared! I think Jo is hogging all the heat 😉
Absolutely typical of her!