I have a backlog of pinks - but must show some up to date pictures too.
Here are two favourites: Dog Rose (Rosa canina) at the beginning of June and Rest Harrow (Ononis repens) at the end of June
1. Dog Rose comes out at the beginning of June:
Not before (and the same for garden roses)
Rosa canina has hairless leaves, and the spines on the stem curve backwards.
On Thursday 25 June after a hot day I parked at Booths and went out in the late afternoon to search for the leaves of the Rest Harrow that I had seen in May beside the Ribble in the fields south of Penny Bridge. And I was really delighted to find it - somehow the cattle and sheep had not grazed it.
Whilst this plant is not particularly rare, the next nearest plants I remember seeing are near the Wharfe above Grassington - and then at Quarry Moor Ripon.
Its leaves smell of guava when crushed. You used to be able to buy tinned guava in the supermarket 20 years ago but I have not been able to find it recently.
It is called Rest Harrow because apparently it would block up the harrow.
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