Flower ID

[wezza13]

Hi all,

Saw this on Springwatch and it reminded me to post. We had it about a month ago bordering a lot of the farmers ploughed fields. They were fantastic for bees but neither of us knew what they were.

Hopefully someone can enlighten me?

Thanks,
Wez

 

[Nostromo]

Looks like a Phacelia tanacetifolia or a species of. Original from America, but now growing in this country, can be found in waste ground, roadside verges and wildflower Meadows.

 

[SsSsSsSsSnake]

took on the allotment, no idea what it is

P1010115 by Chris B, on Flickr

 

[wezza13]

Looks like a Phacelia tanacetifolia or a species of. Original from America, but now growing in this country, can be found in waste ground, roadside verges and wildflower Meadows.

Thank you, certainly seems like it is

I take it the farmer must've put them in on purpose, as it attracts thousands of bees?

 

[Nod]

took on the allotment, no idea what it is

P1010115 by Chris B, on Flickr

Looks like a Corn Flower of some sort but it's a big family!

 

[SsSsSsSsSnake]

thanks

 

[OldCarlos]

I take it the farmer must've put them in on purpose, as it attracts thousands of bees?

Borage & comfrey are used as a green fertilizer, so farmer may have planted for that reason, but also great for bees so great at helping re pollinating crops.

 

[dcash29]

Chris they're Chicory