Friday, July 18, 2008

Wildflowers in Scotland

Hello everyone, We tried to take a few(haha) pictures of the wild flowers we ran across in Scotland. The vegetation was lush and every shade of green. The forests were lush and amazing to walk throw. The forests you could not see throw it was so thick and dark. The story of little red riding hood came to mind. The wild foxgloves were the most prominent flower, also orchids and ferns and some flowers that looked like forget-me nots. Fungus plants (Moss Campion a tundra plant) that grow on the rocks with beautiful blooms and daisies like flowers.

James was so patient when I pointed out different flowers to get a picture of. He even started to take pictures on his own. The heather plants were amazing the deep purple blooms made the landscape look like a sea of purple.

The trees were also amazing to see the birch and scot's pine and juniper bushes.

The thorny thistles and it's bloom is the national symbol of Scotland, you find it everywhere. In the states it would be a weed.

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