September

Hairy, Striped and Pink

hairy bindweed
Hairy Bindweed Calystegia pulchra   Photo: Janet Higgins

We are all used to seeing the white trumpets of Calystegia sepium, the native Hedge Bindweed, and also the rather showier Large Bindweed Calystegia sylvatica, which came here from southwestern Europe, but this very pretty pink and white striped p

Pretty in pink

scarlet pimpernel
Scarlet Pimpernel Anagallis arvensis forma pallida   Photo: Bob Ellis

On a long, lonely footpath between Foulsham and Foxley beside an abandoned field of barley, I came across a single plant of Scarlet Pimpernel with pale pink flowers.