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Tuesday 17 June 2008

ABC Wednesday - V


Poor Mrs Nesbitt has electrical problems, so
ABC Wednesday
is starting a bit early this week!

Anyway, we've reached the letter
V

V

is for
Violets
and
Vetch

I took this photo earlier this year.
A clump of Dog Violets grows in a stone wall along the lane where I do most of my dog-walking.

This yellow Vetch grows further up the same lane.
I'm not positive about it's name, but I think it may be Birdsfoot Trefoil.

This is probably Tufted Vetch. It likes to grow and climb up any supporting plant or fence.

For more V posts, visit our hostess
Mrs Nesbitt,
and enjoy!

29 comments:

mrsnesbitt said...

I think we may have some vetch growing above our stone wall! Will check it out, I wondered what it was.
Great V post!

Dxx

Petunia said...

A great and beautiful V post:)

Petunia's ABC

Berit T said...

Very beautiful!!

Anonymous said...

Fun V flowers! I love flowers and appreciate finding out their names...

Reader Wil said...

Every Wednesday I learn new words! Vetch is one of them! Good pics.

Dr.John said...

Very vetching photos.

Leslie: said...

Ah, some lovely floral plants for today's letter V. Come on by and see where I'm taking everyone this week. :D

Michele said...

Violets are my favorite. I am a softie when it comes to purple flowers... love 'em!

Kjersti said...

Lovely flowers! I have one too. Have a nice wednesday.

CherryPie said...

Pretty :-)

david mcmahon said...

Beautiful violets - but I've never heard of vetch!

Anonymous said...

I find your post fascinating. We have vetch all over too — but none is yellow! What a pretty variation. Ours is purple, blue, white and sometimes all three. It just began blooming.

Katney said...

You have stayed in the garden, I have stayed on the mountain. I am ready for V, W, and X as I will be gone most of the time in between--but my V will post around midnight my time.

photowannabe said...

Perfect choices for the letter V. I hadn't thought of those either.

Kyanite said...

Well done.
I love violets & their delicate fragrance, but didn't see any wild ones this Spring.
Bought my-self a bunch of Devon Violets, but they weren't the same.

Anonymous said...

I hadn't realised you had spotted Vetch - good choice.

Jane Hards Photography said...

I too what the very pretty yellow stuff was on see growing ceratin parts here. Now I know. Lovely blossoms, and a lesson for me learned. One more plant I can now proudly identify. Excellent work.

Liz Hinds said...

I love to see the first violets of Spring. I get excited and wnat to tell people I pass, 'Look!' But I try to control myself!!

Is that vetch? Yes, I see a lot of that.

Louis la Vache said...

Very good choice for "V"-Wednesday!

Over at San Francisco Bay Daily Photo, we have Visions of Hell!

Daryl said...

Very pretty Vs ... especially the violets!

:-Daryl

Neva said...

What a great V! I love the violets.
Mine is up here

DILLY said...

Awwwwwwwwww pwitty flowers! Be luvly! Dilly luv flowers!

¬"

Nydia said...

It's a shame I don't have any flowers at hme except for little vase of... violets which are suffering in this cold weather here latly. I shuld ad I will buy some beautifl flowers to put a smile on my face like your photos did! :) Lovely post, dragon.

Kisses from Nydia.

Unknown said...

Wonderful collection of beautiful V shots.

Suburbia said...

Such beautiful wild flowers, thanks for sharing your V's

Paulie said...

VERY pretty!

Kim said...

I never knew what vetch was. I learn something new everyday :) Great V post!

Nydia said...

I forgot thanking ou about Tanya Huff's work. I don't know her stries, but now I'm curious! ;)

Kisses.

Louis la Vache said...

Regarding your comment at "Louis's" Visions of Hell, neither "Louis" nor Mme. la Vache would want to see those horrid panels up close on a daily basis! They truly are depressing. What we see from our balcony is what you see here in the second photo.