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| Red-tailed Bumblebee, Bombus lapidarius |
An enterprising local grower advertised on nextdoor.co.uk that he would make home deliveries of bedding plants by bicycle so I ordered 20 Nemesia, paying by bank transfer. They arrived just as I got back from my walk on Friday afternoon so yesterday morning I planted them in the empty areas of our balcony tubs. Not everything survives on the balcony as we endure south-westerlies straight off the sea. Plants that do well are geranium, primrose, mimulus & rosemary, we'll see how the Nemesia perform.
In the afternoon I visited Lobb's Wood to see what flowers and insects I could find. John W's comment on a Facebook post prompted me to investigate the swathe of white flowers and they turned out to be Three-Cornered Leek which I have also found in the recently seeded banks surrounding the green by the flats. I found some native bluebells at one end of the wood, both blue and white forms. Most of the bluebells in Lobb's Wood are the invasive Spanish species so I suspect there are hybrids among these.
Fauna seen: Buff-tailed & Red-tailed Bumblebees, a Nursery Web Spider, a Yellow Dung Fly, Common Striped Woodlice, a tiny Leaf beetle & a Footballer Hoverfly. Plus plenty of native and garden flowers.
All photos were taken with my phone camera (Samsung Galaxy S9+)
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| Garden Geranium, Pelargonium x hortorum |
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| 20 Nemesia plants |
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| Nemesia species |
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| Rosemary, Rosmarinus officinalis |
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| California Lilac, Ceanothus |
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| Forget-me-not, Myosotis species |
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| Green Alkanet, Pentaglottis sempervirens |
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| Red Dead-nettle, Lamium purpureum |
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| Spanish Bluebell, Hyacinthoides hispanica |
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| Yellow Corydalis, Pseudofumaria lutea |
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| Yellow Corydalis on wall |
Lobb's Wood:
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| native Bluebell, Hyacinthoides non-scripta |
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| native Bluebell |
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| Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Bombus Terrestris |
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| Cherry tree, Prunus species |
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| Common Striped Woodlouse, Philoscia muscorum |
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| Daffodil, Narcissus pseudonarcissus |
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| Dandelion, Taraxacum officinale |
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| Footballer Hoverfly, Helophilus pendulus |
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| Goose Grass, Galium aparine |
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| tiny leaf beetle (2mm) |
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| Nursery Web Spider, Pisaura mirabilis |
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| Red Campion, Silene dioica |
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| Sycamore, Acer pseudoplatanus |
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| Three-Cornered Leek, Allium triquetrum |
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| Tulips, Tulipa species |
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| Umbellifer species |
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| Yellow Dung Fly, Scatophaga stercoraria |
