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A wild vase on Monday

The new experience of coming across crimson clover, or Italian clover, Trifolium incarnatum, last week inspired my vase for this week.  If you have not seen this gorgeous coloured clover before, have a look at my post following our walk last Wednesday.

Joining the crimson clover in my jam jar vase is red campion, hairy vetch, beautiful lacy cow parsley and the pale pink wine-tipped flowers of common fumitory, Fumaria officinalis.  Fumitory is an interesting little plant, bearing in mind its very quiet colour and habit.  There is a good entry about it on Wikipedia which is worth a read. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fumaria_officinalis - it was first written about two thousand years ago by Pliny!

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  1. Love the clover and the Fumitory link (interesting and looks oddly like a Matchstick Bromeliad)

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  2. I love your cow parsley! I wish that grew here. We only have Ground Elder and Queen Anne's Lace, that are similar in flower, but not as pretty, and invasive weeds. The clover is very unique and I've not seen anything like that here. It adds such a nice touch of color.
    Thanks for the advice. I'll check out the seeds and maybe I can grow them up for next year.

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  3. Oh, does the Trifolium incarnatum grow wild then? How tall does it grow? The blooms look like those of Trifolium rubens which I now have in the garden. And just how pretty is that fumitory, such alovely colour. This is such apretty vase, Amanda, and hard to believe they are all wild flowers - thanks so much for sharing them with us

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  4. Another lovely vase! That clover is extraordinary. I remember being enchanted by Fumaria last year when I came across it in another blog post. As the genus isn't even listed in my go-to plant guide for gardens in the Western US, I'm guessing it's hard to find here. I've certainly never seen it either in the wild or otherwise.

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  5. Greetings to everyone who has left lovely comments about this week's vase, and in particular queries about the crimson clover! It is a very handsome plant and I am amazed I have never come across it before, after decades of loving and learning about wild flowers! It does feature in my Collins wild flower guide but I only found it there after I had done a bit of online investigation! I suspect it is an imported plant (it is also known as Italian clover) and its seeds have been added in to a mix for sowing in conservation strips, along with phacelia, daisies and other lovely goodies! Just guessing as I have never seen it growing in the wild on its own account! A

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  6. Pretty vase, so beautiful. And I love the view out in the garden. I cant wait to sit on one of those benches.

    Excited. Lots of love xx

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