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Purple yarrow, Bantock Park

Purple yarrow, Bantock Park

Yarrow with purple flowers growing in the wildflower meadow area of Bantock Park last month.

Purple yarrow, Bantock Park

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Bedraggled flag iris, Compton Park

Bedraggled flag iris, Compton Park

Flowers on flag iris growing by the Compton Park pool, out for some time and beginning to get bedraggled.

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Ragwort, flowers about to open

Ragwort, flowers about to open

Close-up of the top of a ragwort, just as the flowers were about to open, way back in the middle of July.

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Yucca buds and flowers, West Park and a nearby front garden

Yucca flowers, West Park

Flowers and flower buds on some of the impressive yuccas in West Park, and one picture of a similar plant growing nearby in a front garden on Tettenhall Road.

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Cotinus after rain

Cotinus after rain

The delicate twigs of a cotinus (the same bush featured here) covered with water droplets after persistent overnight rain recently.

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Teazles, Compton Park pool

Teazle, Compton Park pool

Teazles, another of the wold plqants colonising the damp ground around the new pool at Compton Park. It has recently been claimed that teazles may be carnivorous.

Teazle, Compton Park pool