Scottish Wildflowers

[MacBean]

Hey, wait for me (sorry not to have been following along here lately)!

What about primroses and orchids? I'd bet Scotland has some real beauts. Here is ....Scottish primrose:

[cessna152towser]

Ah the chequered fritillary!
Doesn't do well here 550 feet above sea level and 50 miles inland in Scotland.
I planted twenty five of those bulbs in my garden about twenty years ago. Only one of them ever flowered. It flowered annually until about three years ago and has not been seen since.

[Laird_M]

For me its the Thrift.


Brings back memories of the beaches of Scotland and Ireland where I've spent some of my best hours...ah, nostalgia...

[ThistleDown]

The "forest thing" we were talking about was the twinflower, Anne, not the fritillaria. We have the latter in sheltered fields just south of Inverness. There they get a good whack of morning sun, filtered light at the height of the day, and another good dousing of sun in the afternoon. In BC we found greatest success when we planted them under an old, lace-leaf acer where they have sun all day.

[Bugbear]

You all have the "Great Bear Rainforest" up there in BC, ThistleDown, bet there are many interesting wildflowers to be found there.

I was reading about it the other day because I came across an article in National Geographic about the kermode bears that lurk in those areas.

[Lime]

A foxglove on Seil:



More foxglove, this time on Loch Carron (you can see the Loch in the background; the weavers is about a hundred yards down the road on the left):



Heather near Gairloch:



Heather near Gairloch but really close up:



Some daisies from the sea wall at Lochgilphead:

[Laird_M]

Some daisies from the sea wall at Lochgilphead:

They look very much like pineapple mayweed...

[Paul Henry]

More foxglove, this time on Loch Carron (you can see the Loch in the background; the weavers is about a hundred yards down the road on the left):

I'm fairly certain this isn't Foxglove, but actually Rosebay Willow Herb, a wonderful colour , but a terribly invasive plant in a garden

[ThistleDown]

Goat path, Lime. I've been up there a few times, too. Following is not quite wildflowers, but contains wild flowers. This is An Cala on Seil and to get here one must take a bridge over the Atlantic Ocean. Sorry for the light quality.

[ThistleDown]

You all have the "Great Bear Rainforest" up there in BC, ThistleDown, bet there are many interesting wildflowers to be found there.

I was reading about it the other day because I came across an article in National Geographic about the kermode bears that lurk in those areas.

I've never been on shore there, Ted, but I'm sure you're right. For those who don't know it, the Great Bear is about 25,000 square miles of conserved temperate rainforest on the coast of British Columbia. Mostly western red cedar and sitka spruce, the forest is home to a wonderful balance of flora and fauna without much of man's heavy footprint. It is possible to visit nut access is limited and primarily by sea.