One of the most memorable aspects of yesterday's drive through West Cork was the colourful roadside verges. Sometimes wild fuschias or hydrangeas, but most of all these flowers, which I guess are crocosmias or montbretias. I know from experience that they can take over a garden, and sometimes the roadside for 20 or 30 metres would be full of them, sometimes and most spectacularly with another yellow flowered plant. The difficulty was finding a place to stop to photograph them, as the roads were narrow and had no verges or places to park. In the end I stopped in somebody's drive and risked my life standing in the road to take some snaps.
The crocosmia is quite new to Irish road verges , while the Fuschia and rhododendron would be very common. Glad you are enjoying you time with us, How was the black pudding?...
@jack4john I was speculating about the crocosmias, and assumed they had derived from escaped garden plants. The Clonakilty black pudding is a very fine pudding, and superior in all respects to the boudin noir of France. As a Lancastrian, however, nothing will ever surpass the black puddings of Bury. And this time next week, I shall be returning to Manchester and possibly will do some photo reportage from Bury market. Something to look forward to.
I have no idea what the orange is (but I do spy a little purple loosestrife mixed in there). The bright flowers make such a contrast to the grays of the rest of the scene.
