After shooting 50 species of flowers on and around our lavender farm in March and April, I continue here with the wildflowers in the Alpujarras in May.
Five wound catchfly – Silene gallica Cretan bryony – Bryonia cretica Mediterranean spurge – Euphorbia characias Two seed vetch – Vicia disperma Variegated artichoke – Silybum maranum Alfalfa – medicago sativa Blue echium – Echium plantagineum Garden thyme – Thymus vulgaris Woodbine – Lonicera periclymenum Spanish broom – Genista hispanica White Cockle – Silene latifolia Poir Stone clover – trifolium arvense Field chamomile – antemis arvensis Yellow Ophrys orchidaceae – Ophrys lutea Dyers woad – Isatis tinctoria French sorrel – Rumex scutatus Silver nailroot – Paronychia argentea lam Smooth yellow vetch – Vicia lutea Crepis dandelion – crepis vesicaria Common giant fennel – Ferula communis Spiny Golden Star – Pallennis spinosa Cass Vegetable Oyster – Tragopogon porrifolius Blue field madder – Sherardia arvensis Genista umbellata Sage leaf rock rose – Cistus salviifolius Bladder campion – Silene vulgaris Hare`s tail – lagurus ovatus Cistus lasianthus lam Hollyhock – Alcea rosea Narrow clover – trifolium angustifolium Carrot – Daucus corota Mediterranean lineseed – Bartsia Trixago Klamathweed – Hypericum perforatum
Why wild flowers in the Alpujarras?
Because they are beautiful. We leave the wild flowers on our lavender farm because of biodiversity. The bees can feed on our lavender from May to October and before and after that that they have enough to eat from the many wild flowers. I can’t think of any reason why anyone would want to use pesticides.
10 Reasons not to use pesticides
A neighbour uses pesticides against aphids. Apart from the aphids, it also kills the ladybird, which is very good at combating aphids. Read my blog about the aphid and the ladybird. With pesticides one is completely ruining the natural chain. It is dangerous for our own health and for biodiversity. Jean Vernon has described it excellently on the Hartley Magazine: ten reasons not to use pesticides
These wild flowers are so beautiful why should we poison them?
You should just leave wild flowers, shouldn’t you? They are often beautiful and functional. Okay I also suffer from extreme weeds, like bindweed. But pesticides will not solve this problem. Read how I battle against bindweed.
An ode to the wild flowers in the Alpujarras
