Late Summer Hedgerows

The roadside is brightened with mounds of purple and yellow colour at the moment – the long flowering gorse ( remember when I took some photos of the first Spring gorse earlier this year? ) and the purple heather.

 

Heather and Gorse

 

 

 

The other colour that is starting to appear is the orange of the Montbretia plant. It has been visible until now as bright green clumps along the roadside.

 

Montbretia

 

 

 

 

The sight of the first few blooms makes me a tiny bit sad because it signals the beginning of the end of the Summer (what Summer I hear you say?) In a couple of weeks, these grassy banks will be bursting with swooping orange flowers. Here’s some more pictures.

 

Montbretia flowers

 

 

 

 

This next close up makes me think of Triffids

 

Close up of Montbretia plant

 

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