The white blossom of the pyracantha is out in full promising lots of berries to come. The verges on the side of the road are filled with ox-eye-daisies and the hedgerows blush with pink in parts with wild dog roses. Bramble blossom is also peeking through.
Bramble ( Rubus fruicosus). There are 2000 varieties of bramble or blackberry. According to folklore blackberries should not be eaten after Michaelmas Day (29th Sept).as the devil has spit on them. In truth it is a flesh fly that dribbles as it sucks up their juices. Brambles are home to the shield bug and are mined by the moth Nepticula aurella for its eggs.
Unkempt about the hedges those hedges blows. An English unofficial rose....
Rupert Brooke
Dog Rose (rosa canina). The ancestor of all our garden roses it is also a valuable medicinal plant providing hips full of vitamin C in its syrup. Called "dog" because it was believed a man bitten by a mad dog could be cured by the roots of the plant.
