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tolerate Winter storms as strong winds can move through the branches more We have started back and we have some very talented soloists and dancers, our
easily. Any remaining nutrient in the leaf will nourish the ground and provide food Christmas Show “Rydall High Christmas Prom” will be staged in early December at
for future growth. the Village Hall…
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Thursday 2 December 6pm
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‘Common’ Wild Flowers and Plants Friday 3 December 7pm
Saturday 4 December 2pm
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We are all familiar with the flowers that
welcome in spring – snowdrops, primroses,
bluebells, and Marsh Marigolds. Then, later Have you checked out our Pop In Place website popinplace.org
the annual flowers that grow in disturbed
ground and such as cornflower and corn For more details about any of the above or to find out about volunteering phone
marigold, so called because they grow in Alison Bennett 01929 47023
cornfields and are sprayed out by modern
cultivation. These flowers are now popular
for sowing in places like the sides of Mays When you respond to advertisers, do please tell them you saw
Wood for providing a fine summer show and
nectar for visiting insects. their advert in this magazine - it helps them monitor the
There are, of course, a multitude of effectiveness of their advert and helps us generate more
attractive plants that flower later,
some that used to be common and advertising revenue!!
so called as ‘Common’ but now
much less so because of loss of
suitable habitat but still found around
our village.
In former times these plants were very
important in the rural community and
had other intriguing local names in
different parts of the
country. For example
Common toadflax with its
colourful yellow and orange
spikes had many other
names such as in Dorset,
‘Rabbit’s chops’ or in
Wiltshire, ‘Bacon and Eggs’!
Much less common now is
Common Calamint which is
highly mint scented and
quite different to the garden
mints. Then there is also
White Campion formerly
known in Dorset as ‘White
Robin’, which is quite

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