Lady's smock, Cuckoo flower, Cardamine pratensis

Today's Sunday Challenge: ENJOY THE LITTLE THINGS.

This pretty little lilac flower opens around the time the cuckoo starts to call, hence the common name. It is a perennial of damp, grassy places like wet meadows, ditches and canal and riverbanks, as well as roadside verges. Its pale pink flowers bloom from April to June. It is an important food plant for the caterpillars of the orange-tip and the green-veined white butterfly. And in Cheshire it is the county flower and is known as 'milkmaids'.

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33 comments - The latest ones

Roger (Grisly) ^club

Delicate flower in lovely soft light.

3 years ago.

Xata ^club

Beautiful and beautifully taken. Enjoy your day Amelia!

3 years ago.

Marie-claire Gallet

I do enjoy this pretty image, Amelia !! Thank you for sharing and happy Sunday !

3 years ago.

Gudrun ^club

They are lovely and delicate! I have always liked them. As a kid I quickly learned that they are better left alone because they wilt very fast when you pick them;-)

3 years ago.

Nick Weall ^club

Very dainty

3 years ago.

Pam J ^club

THAT TSKES ME BACK !!!

3 years ago.

Rosalyn Hilborne ^club

It is the little things that delight at this time Amelia! This is so beautiful!!
Take care and have a pleasant Sunday.

3 years ago.

Annemarie ^club

tender image

Happy safe sunday:)

3 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club

Superb composition! =)

3 years ago.

Boro

Superbe !!! Bon dimanche

3 years ago.

Ulrich John ^club

Beautiful, Amelia !

3 years ago.

Nautilus

belle , tout simplement.

3 years ago.

Keith Burton ^club

A very nice find Amelia.................and perfectly captured. The flowers are really lovely!

3 years ago.

Jean

Beautifully captured. It's a flower I love. I remember it from my childhood and now I like it as a favourite for orange tips. I have one blossoming in my garden. Used to have a few more but really the soil is too dry.

3 years ago.

Cämmerer zu Nau ^club

Wiesenschaumkraut - ganz lieblich in Szene gesetzt.

3 years ago.

H C

Beautifully captured flowers.

3 years ago.

Clickity Click

Such a gentle image, the background just makes those blossoms look like they are off the page!
Am image to sooth the soul. Bravo Amelia.

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3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.