Flowering around the town
This month, either side of my big campervan holiday I wandered around my Sussex hometown to see what wildflowers I could find.
Early June blooms on Seaford Head
On a hot early summer day I went for a walk looking for Twayblade orchids and found a Common Spotted orchid at the same time.
Common spotted orchid – Dactylorhiza fuchsii
![Common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii Seaford Head June 2021](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Common-spotted-orchid-Dactylorhiza-fuchsii-Seaford-Head-June-2021-415x600.jpg)
Twayblade orchid – Neottia ovata
![Common Twayblade orchid Listera ovata Seaford Head June 2021](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Common-Twayblade-orchid-Listera-ovata-Seaford-Head-June-2021-450x600.jpg)
White bryony – Bryonia dioica
On the way home I found this Bryony growing in the pavement.
![white bryony detail bryonia dioica Seaford pavement june 2021](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/white-bryony-detail-bryonia-dioica-Seaford-pavement-june-2021-600x450.jpg)
In my garden
Creeping cinquefoil – Potentilla reptans
There is Creeping cinquefoil growing in my patio – it was coming into bud in early June.
![creeping cinquefoil potentilla reptans seaford jun 2021](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/creeping-cinquefoil-potentilla-reptans-seaford-jun-2021-scaled-e1641050428758-600x396.jpg)
In the streets
Pale purple toadflax – Linaria purpurea / repens
This Pale purple toadflax was very eye-catching. I have read that Purple Toadflax is much more common than Pale but isn’t stripy – perhaps this is a garden escape or a hybrid? The shape says Purple however.
![pale purple toadflax linaria pupurea / repens seaford jun 2021](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/pale-toadflax-linaria-repens-seaford-jun-2021-450x600.jpg)
Fox and cubs – Pilosella aurantiaca
There was a whole sunny bank of Fox-and-cubs.
![fox and cubs flowers pilosella aurantiaca seaford jun 2021](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/fox-and-cubs-flowers-pilosella-aurantiaca-seaford-jun-2021-600x450.jpg)
The Last Meadow
This popular dog-walking field was filled with wildflowers. As well as Ox eye daisies, there was Black medick, red and white Clovers, Agrimony and Melilot.
Ox-eye daisy – Leucanthemum vulgare
![ox-eye daisy leucanthemum vulgare seaford last meadow jun 2021](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ox-eye-daisy-leucanthemum-vulgare-seaford-last-meadow-jun-2021-600x450.jpg)
Black medick – Medicago lupulina
![cinquefoil and medick seaford last meadow jun 2021](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/cinquefoil-and-medick-seaford-last-meadow-jun-2021-600x450.jpg)
Rosebay willowherb – Chamaenerion angustifolium
This plant is also sometimes known as Fireweed Chamerion angustifolium.
![rosebay willowherb chamaenerion angustifolium last meadow seaford jun 2021](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/rosebay-willowherb-chamaenerion-angustifolium-last-meadow-seaford-jun-2021-600x600.jpg)
Dog rose – Rosa canina
Apparently Dog rose is easily confused with Field rose Rosa arvensis, whose flowers are always white.
![dog rose bush rosa canina seaford jun 2021](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/dog-rose-bush-rosa-canina-seaford-jun-2021-450x600.jpg)
![dog rose detail rosa canina seaford jun 2021](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/dog-rose-detail-rosa-canina-seaford-jun-2021-600x450.jpg)
Pyramidal orchids – Anacamptis pyramidalis
The photos don’t do justice to the sheer number of Pyramidal orchid flowers I came across – I guessed at about 400 in the lower end of the field. Fabulous!
![Pyramidal orchids Anacamptis pyramidalis Last Meadow Seaford Jun 2021](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Pyramidal-orchids-Anacamptis-pyramidalis-Last-Meadow-Seaford-Jun-2021-600x450.jpg)
This year was a good year for orchids.
Find out more about how I identify orchids.
Here is a link to some good places to find orchids from the Wildlife Trusts.