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Wild flowers By Fred Body
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Shakespeare’s poem I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine: There sleeps Titania sometime of the night, Lulled in these flowers with dances and delight.
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Wild Thyme Wild thyme is part of the mint family and is a flowering plant. It has leafy stems and pink /purple flowers. It grows up to 4 to 10 cm tall. It likes dry, sandy and rocky places. It flowers between May and September.
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Oxlips Similar to cowslips and primroses. Found in woods from April to May. It is a threatened species. It is the county flower of Suffolk.
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Violets There are many types of violets such as sweet, dog and marsh violet. Flowers every year from Feb to May. It grows in woodland, scrubland and hedgerows.
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Woodbine (Honeysuckle) A climbing plant with strong smelling flowers. It has creamy white / yellow flowers. They grow in woods and hedgerows from June to September.
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Musk roses It is a shrub with white flowers. The species is from the Himalayas. It’s flowers have a ‘musky’ scent. They grow from spring to late autumn.
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Eglantine Also known as Sweet Briar. It is a prickly 2-3 metre high shrub. The leaves have an apple scent. It has pink flowers.
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