Jo Parmenter

Mown Fiddle Dock

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Fiddle Dock Rumex pulcher   Photo: Jo Parmenter

The distinctly 'waisted', cordate leaves of Fiddle Dock Rumex pulcher were found growing in discrete clumps in a churchyard (common Norfolk habitat).

Hairy, Striped and Pink

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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