Heather

This is a close-up of a type of heather known as ling, and this is the most common of the three types of heather found on the North York Moors.

In the background can be seen some bell heather, with it's rather stronger colouring, but with it's flowers now fading away and turning brown. Bell heather is the first heather to flower and the first to loose it's flowers.

The third kind of heather to be found on the North York Moors is cross leaved heath, but that doesn't feature in this shot.

Sorry for the slightly late responses and post today, Katharine and I have had a day in Rotherham, and have only just got back home.

Ian

[carol white]

A lovely close up shot

[Judith Johnson]

What an excellent close-up of this tiny flower. Ling is a word I often forget and it regularly crops up in the crossword I do.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

lovely colour tones in the layers of this

[Margaret Brown]

Lovely capture, we went over the moors again today and it was breathtaking the heather is so good this year !

[gloria jones]

Beautiful capture, colors, dof

[Peter Dulis]

lovely

[Pyrrhula]

Great close up capture of the nice heather flowers.

[Kathy A]

Really lovely

[Granny7(Denise)]

Beautiful

[Dione Giorgio]

Lovely dainty colours . Thank you for the info. worth visiting the moors at this time of the year.

[Wylie]

its lovely and a lovely shot.

[Fisher Family]

@carolmw @busylady @koalagardens @craftymeg @seattlite @pdulis @pyrrhula @kjarn @denful @sangwann @pusspup

Thank you all for your lovely comments and fav, they are very much appreciated.

The heather is particularly good this year. The ling flowers in this shot are not yet fully in bloom, so the moorland should look even more spectacular in the coming days.

Ian

[Nina Ganci]

your heather is so colourful! Thanks for showing a close up

[Fisher Family]

@ninaganci

Thank you Nina. It is a lovely plant, but it doesn't flower for very long.

Ian