Jack Go To Bed At Noon
Last year this rather exotic looking flower appeared on mine and several other allotments for the first time. Having been stumped (again) by Mr Allotment Warden as to its identity, I rushed home to find out what it was. It's salsify, aka the marvellous Jack Go To Bed At Noon - named as such because its flowers always close by midday. Here you can see both open and closed flowers - making it seem even more exotic and alien than in the first picture. I think this must be the cultivated version because the flower in my Francis Rose Wild Flower Key looks exactly the same in form, but is bright yellow in colour and called meadow salsify . Its other common name is Goatsbeard, which must be a nod to the fantastic dandelion-like clock which forms the seed head. With 'parachutes' like those shown above, who knows how far our plotted plants came from. I rather like the photographic dissection of the seedhead found in this link . Salsify is edible: its lateral shoots and fl
They do look very cheerful shoes
ReplyDeleteHey, perfect footwear for a veg plotter!
ReplyDeleteI need some of them to complement my flowery ankle-wellies.
ReplyDeletePerfect for the veggie gardener
ReplyDeleteI love them. I could do with a pair for when I pop out to the greenhouse.
ReplyDeleteAwpol - cheerful is my intention :)
ReplyDeleteHelen - absolutely!
Esther - now I was contemplating some flowery ankle-wellies the other day. Perhaps we should swap!
CG - I'm pretty chuffed with them :)
Jo - that's just the kind of thing they're meant for. My husband's SIL has a pair with bright sunflowers on them :)
I like these...I have plain garden clogs and plain boots but both are so comfy...I asume these are comfy too.
ReplyDeleteI recognise those :D
ReplyDeletemine are roses... and I wear them all the time. The wonderful thing about them is they don't come off - unlike every other clog I've ever tried!
Fab shoes, they just make me smile!
I love them! have never seen them with veggie print. You'll be skipping through the muck with them soon ;-)
ReplyDeleteVery eye catching!
ReplyDeleteVery eye catching.
ReplyDeleteFun! Those will certainly cheer up a gray day.
ReplyDeletePlease tell me that you don't go shopping in them !
ReplyDeletePetoskystone, Angie, Dobby, MHM - they make me smile :)
ReplyDeleteDonna - very comfy - they're the same kind of clog which surgeons and nurses wear in hospital over here, but with a gardening twist!
Bren - that's the idea :)
TCG - I thought you might ;)
Andrew - now why would I do that?
Oh how fab, happy gardening shoes, I want some!
ReplyDeleteLove them. You can camouflage you feet among your garden beds!
ReplyDeleteJanet - happy is indeed the right word :)
ReplyDeletePetunia - I hope I don't lose them ;)
Wordless indeed to describe this wonderful and healthy shoes.
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