The Dogmother Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 My apologies for the rubbish photos, they were taken on my phone. We have fields and fields of tiny white flowers near us, never seen it before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 they look like carnations or dianthos but I can't see what they would be used for. cutting flowers for flower shops are grown under glass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 12, 2011 Author Share Posted July 12, 2011 My immediate thought was of Dianthus, but they are much smaller, probably a couple of centimetres across at the most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percy049 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Perhaps peas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 12, 2011 Author Share Posted July 12, 2011 No, sorry Percy, the leaves and flowers were totally different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percy049 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 oh, but, to be honest, I have never seen a crop that looks like that, around here we only have Oil Seed Rape and Sugar Beet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 12, 2011 Author Share Posted July 12, 2011 I know Norfolk well, you're right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillybettybabs Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Look like field peas to me, We used to grow and feed to the pigs. looking again they don't have any clingy bits, maybe for bio fuel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 12, 2011 Author Share Posted July 12, 2011 No, no clingy bits at all. They were on Salt Way Karen, just off the Bloxham Road, not sure if the flowers are still there though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 They are possibly a green manure crop grown then ploughed in to fix nutrients such as nitrogen in the ground Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 12, 2011 Author Share Posted July 12, 2011 That had crossed my mind but I have no idea what it was; a search of t'interweb didn't turn anything up either It was so pretty, like a field of small, white stars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Buckwheat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 12, 2011 Author Share Posted July 12, 2011 *shakes head* sorry, different flower. I'm still looking online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoice Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Are they Borage? Also known as starflowers? You get starflower oil from the plant. Usually blue but you can get white too. Starflower oil has similar properties as evening primrose oil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 12, 2011 Author Share Posted July 12, 2011 No, I know Borage and this plant/flower is quite different... this is driving me mad now! I have blogged the photo so that Phil can show his Mum - they are farmers and bound to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoice Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 is it flax then? like the image here (I'm desperate to know too now! LOL) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 12, 2011 Author Share Posted July 12, 2011 AHA!!!!!! That's it! Well done Stoice first time I have ever seen it and it's been driving me mad. The fields were so pretty - covered in a lace mantle of tiny white flowers. I will have to tell The Boy not to ask his mother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoice Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 YAY!!! Nice one. Never seen it before though, just googled 'white flower farm crops'. Glad we solved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 12, 2011 Author Share Posted July 12, 2011 I've been madly googling 'crops small white flower' I hope that they grow more of it as it's so pretty, those fields usually have rapeseed in them, this is much prettier and doesn't stink. Thank goodness, I can sleep now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Is that a brown goat in foreground or a bit of tree? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percy049 Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 I think its Clarets dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 13, 2011 Author Share Posted July 13, 2011 yes it is the dog (but he's stubborn as a goat sometimes so an understandable mistake) and the bits in the sky are house martins which were whirling about. I like the blue version, which I had seen in fields before (and known as Flax/Linseed) but not seen close-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
