Sometimes you just miss the boat with sowing seeds and so it was with Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi) this year. But much to my delight there is a whole patch of it which has just burst into flower nearby. It is thriving in the damp conditions alongside our local pond. I reckon I would be hard pressed to provide this habitat in our back garden just with its half barrel pond!
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| Drove of Ragged Robin - or should that be a drift? |
It’s a strange name for a flower that isn’t red!
ReplyDeleteOther local names include Ragged Jacks, Ragged Urchin, Ragged Willie and so on. Everyone seems to agree it is ragged!
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