WILDFLOWERS YOU HAVE SEEN WHILE OUT WALKING

Oh I won't try - my confidence in my identification skills is at an all time low. We had a quiz at a meeting I was at yesterday, identifying shrubs/trees from pictures of bare twigs. I was abysmal!

 

Not out while walking but in the garden, Earth Stars, never had as many as this year.

 

@strongylodon the earth stars are amazing. We have them and when we first saw them many years ago we found them to be ...actually not sure what but worth looking at.

 

Oyster and White Saddle.

 

Mistletoe. We knew it was somewhere there but it wasn't until the host apple tree dropped its leaves that we found it.

 

Hi @Selleri if that tree is yours, please could I buy some mistletoe berries from you in Jan/Feb when they're fully ripe? Or swap for some plants...

 

I think they are ripe in the spring, I've tried the ones from christmas mistletoe and they are not ripe.

 

Thanks @pete. I knew I'd bought them at the right time before, but couldn't remember when! It took ages to get a colony going, and sod's law made sure that the first to grow were all male!

 

@CarolineL , the plants are in local Woodland Trust managed area sadly just next to a footpath. Apparently the head gardener (or whatever they are called) is afraid that silly people will cut it for decorations.

Anyways, I found an interesting website: Growing & Managing – The Mistletoe Pages

Apparently the sowing season is in February- March.

 

Did anyone say Mistletoe?
The 'Mistletoe' tree, Kingston Lacy NT today.

 

Thanks @Selleri - I'll have to bookmark the page, I can't remember where I bought them before.
@strongylodon - I'm surprised the tree is alive - I remember travelling on a train past old orchards in the west country, and some of the trees seemed to have died due to the amount of mistletoe.
I know that once I finally got mine to grow they were pretty vigorous, and we used to cut plenty for Christmas displays and wreath making at the village church.