Friday 18 March 2022

PINK AND PURPLE

Growing in short grass, the pale pink flowers of red dead nettle are topped with an array of purplish leaves.

As the flower spikes extend the leaves turn green.


 'pink, pink, pink' is also the perky call of the pink-breasted male chaffinch. 

photo: wildaboutgardens

(More about the chaffinch's song proper in a later post)




 

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