Out and about plants in Norfolk

Wow, going through my photos of our Norfolk holiday is quite a challenge. Many of the photos in this posting are of the various plants I saw throughout the week. They were definitely one of the best parts of the Norfolk holiday. Whilst plant ID's are still new to me, it didn't stop me from enjoying the amazing range of plant life in Norfolk.

National Trust properties with gardens are often great places to observe plants. As mentioned in the previous post, they are also often great places for wildlife too, especially bees and butterflies. In the Walled Garden at the National Trust property, Felbrigg Hall, I enjoyed the extremely well kept and neat patches of colourful plants and shrubs. The photo below shows a small section of the garden.

The photo montage below shows a selection of some of my favourites from the garden. It was raining lightly when we were there on Wednesday so the visit was quite short. Still, I managed to get photos of the plants I particularly liked. Actually, when it comes to plants, my camera seems to cope better when the sun isn't shining brightly.

The next selection of photos are also taken at Felbrigg Hall apart from the main picture which was taken at the garden at Blickling Hall- another great place to observe plants. The main photo is of a Siberian Iris.

The great part about going on holiday in May half term is that many of the flowers have just burst into flower. See Wisteria in flower below:

On countryside walks, wild flowers were everywhere. As we walked alongside a small steam railway line, we spotted lots of flowers in the banks of the cutting. Colourful campions were the most common flowers seen along the walk. Hmm... because the flowers were on the side of the railway, a picture of a passing steam train would be appropriate, wouldn't it?


And the long line of flowers beside the railway:
And a close-up of the campions:

Poppies are a great sight in the countryside. They are so delicate and thin- its amazing how they can withstand strong winds. We saw the one in the photo below beside the road on a walk in the sun.

I'm not sure of the ID of the flower in the photo below. If you know, feel free to leave a comment. One of the best things about a blog is that you can share thoughts and knowledge so easily.

Its great to compare the flowers you see out and about with the ones which I see in our garden and other people's gardens. My final posting on our Norfolk holiday will either be written tonight or tomorrow. I'm really snowed under with posting subjects at the moment with June just around the corner.