Great Willowherb / Codlins-and-Cream (Epilobium hirsutum) (18/07/2023) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). It's the only Willowherb with this showy flower with it's long, 4-pronged stigma.
Great Willowherb / Codlins-and-Cream (Epilobium hirsutum) (18/07/2023) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank).
Great Willowherb / Codlins-and-Cream (Epilobium hirsutum) (07/08/2023) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). This one the stigma is a little chubbier.
Great Willowherb / Codlins-and-Cream (Epilobium hirsutum) (07/08/2023) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Here the stigma is covered in bits of pollen.
Great Willowherb / Codlins-and-Cream (Epilobium hirsutum) (07/08/2023) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Very sparkly petals under certain flash exposures.
Great Willowherb / Codlins-and-Cream (Epilobium hirsutum) (01/07/2020) Southbank Barn, New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield (in an old plant pot in the garden).
Great Willowherb / Codlins-and-Cream (Epilobium hirsutum) (25/06/2020) Southbank Barn, New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield (in an old unused plant pot in the garden).
Great Willowherb / Codlins-and-Cream (Epilobium hirsutum) (01/07/2020) Southbank Barn, New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield (in an old plant pot in the garden). Leaves and stem covered by erect hairs as you can see here.
Great Willowherb / Codlins-and-Cream (Epilobium hirsutum) (25/06/2020) Southbank Barn, New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield (in an old unused plant pot in the garden). Can be pretty tall and have one flower spike, here about a metre.
Great Willowherb / Codlins-and-Cream (Epilobium hirsutum) (19/07/2021) West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield. Or it can be quite straggly like this.
Great Willowherb / Codlins-and-Cream (Epilobium hirsutum) (01/09/2021) West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield. A close up from the previous straggly plant. Defimitely Great Willowherb though, because of these flowers.
Great Willowherb / Codlins-and-Cream (Epilobium hirsutum) (25/06/2020) Southbank Barn, New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield (in an old unused plant pot in the garden). On the face of this, you'd think it was Hoary Willowherb. But that has totally different flowers..
Great Willowherb / Codlins-and-Cream (Epilobium hirsutum) (25/06/2020) Southbank Barn, New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield (in an old unused plant pot in the garden). Further up the stem - hairy leaves (have had most of their teeth "eaten" off, but you can see some nearer the end of the leaf).
Great Willowherb / Codlins-and-Cream (Epilobium hirsutum) (01/09/2021) New Hall Lane leading to West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield. Hairy leaves.
Great Willowherb / Codlins-and-Cream (Epilobium hirsutum) (01/09/2021) West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield. The long things are actually the seed capsules which will eventually split open to reveal the seeds with their silky hairs.
Great Willowherb / Codlins-and-Cream (Epilobium hirsutum) (01/09/2021) New Hall Lane leading to West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield. Capsules (which will eventually split open to reveal the seeds with their hairy projections) are also furry.
Great Willowherb / Codlins-and-Cream (Epilobium hirsutum) (01/09/2021) West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield. A mass of it going to seed, the long pods having split open to reveal the silky hairs that will transport the seeds all over the place!