During the covid lockdown when the council gardeners were not cutting grass, there were patches of the pale mauve Cuckooflower (Cardamine pratensis) so before they cut the verge this year I noticed a few surviving flowers.  The flower was so named as it starts to flower when the cuckoo arrives although I doubt if any will be heard locally.  Other names are lady’s smock  and milkmaids.

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