I noticed last night that the wheat in Townsend Meadow is on the turn – the silver-grey ears taking on the faintest sheen of gold. Out in the guerrilla garden there is also much gold on the go. The chamomile daisies are over a metre tall, and the giant mullein are being truly gigantic. Soon the helianthus will be blooming and it will be full-on yellow, here on the edge of Wenlock Edge.
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Beautiful! Stunning blue and yellow, plus curvy horizon and fluffy clouds. Thanks Tish
Thanks, Debbie.
You’ve said it all, Debbie!
Beautiful, Tish…
Thanks, Mike. It was a fleeting moment as it turns out. Storm clouds over the Edge now.
How beautiful photos. It was a great joy to see them! I think that I have never seen those chamomile daisies. Thank You presenting them.
Have a wonderful day!
Many thanks, Sartenada. They’re called Dyer’s Chamomile, so presumably in times past were used in the dyeing industry. I didn’t know them either till I grew them from seed last year. They fold back their petals at night, and this morning when I took the photo they hadn’t quite lifted them up again. In full sun they have full daisy faces. Must post some pics.
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I always thought chamomile daisies were white ones with yellow centres and fairly low growing though I know there are different forms, these look most unusual, I like the droopiness of the petals. Yellow and blue are perfect.
They’re Dyer’s Chamomile. And the petals only fold back at night. I caught them early this morning before they’d returned to the horizontal 🙂
Must get some, they are lovely!
Anthemis tinctoria – from Jekka’s Herbs online. This is a v. wicked place for gardeners!
I have her book. It is fabulous so I can imagine what the nursery is like. Maybe just a quick look 😍
Fifteen minutes max!
Like Jude, I like the yellow and blue combination. It’s always a winner.
Sunshiny colours 🙂
I love the blue!
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Like Jude, the chamomile plants I’ve seen were small with white leaves. Two absolutely gorgeous shots.
janet
As I’ve said to Jude, these are called Dyer’s Chamomile. Much bigger daisies than the white ones.
We used to have a field full of giant mullin but it has all just gone…never to be seen again. Lovely photo by the way.
Mullein moth caterpillars like eating the mullein, but this year the damage was fairly minimal and the plants grew out of it. Perhaps yours got gobbled.
no, I think when we had trees cleared they were in the way of the big machines??? Any way they aren’t there and we really aren’t sure where in the field they were…every thing changed in the landscape.
We have mullein growing in the lane, in fact I may even have a photo of the caterpillar.
It’s a hard to miss specimen – stripey!
Yup, that’s the one.
Go guerrilla girl – ripening wheat under cornflower blue skies – ahh its summer on Wenlock Edge
Summer it is, and with some summer rain this afternoon – all gladdening this gardener’s heart 🙂
O, to be in England…
It has its very fine moments, Angela.
I can see the teletubbies appearing any moment! Seriously though fabulous view
🙂 🙂
Gorgeous photos!
Alison
Thank you, Alison.
Love it!
Thanks, Kendall.
Welcome!
Wow – gorgeous!
I imagine maidens with baskets full of wheat frolicking on the hill…
Oh that made me laugh, Dries. Especially the frolicking. I’m not sure Wenlockians ever get that excited…
These are beautiful Tish!
Thanks a lot, Pete.
Gorgeous!