Common flowering wild teasels (Dipsacus fullonum) in the hedgerow of the barley field in Charlton Down, Dorset, 5th July 2020.
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I have never seen teasel flowering before – they look like they are wearing headbands!
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Your teasels are a little ahead of ours in Hampshire heads formed but no flowers open yesterday on my walk.
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Guess what. I’ve seen teasels in real life now! Your photos confirm that for me just now. I recently posted on my personal blog what I thought were a kind of thistle new to me. But they look just like yours. I had no idea , I’ve never seen this kind before.
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😊 I have been trying out a hairband myself. I really need a haircut after 4 months in lockdown.
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The teasels in the post were in a nice sunny south-facing location and supported by a hedge against the wind. That has probably brought them on.
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Strange how often things hide in plain sight. You discover them once you are aware that they exist. It happens a lot to me.
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I have been putting my hair up, but today I have a single plait!
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I am wndering if they have been here all along and I did not focus on them, though my husband also did not recognize them, so maybe they are just more pervasive now? I know there are certain vines that were not a problem in the past that are swallowing trees and so on now, I think it could be related to global warming? I know poison ivy is increasing here, too. Who knows? Anyway, I love these plants, teasels, I will be looking for them.
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Interesting, Claudia. It does seem likely that current weather conditions are increasing the numbers and vigour of existing plants, and overall climate change enabling species from warmer areas to gradually migrate further north.
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I think that must look very elegant, Emma. The last time I had enough hair to put in a plait I was 11 years old.
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I am not so sure….My hair is past my shoulders now and I am not planning to get it cut any time soon!!
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I have an appointment for my first haircut in four months next week. I am assured that all precautions are in place. I will be the only customer in the salon and the first one of the day so everything will have been freshly sanitised.
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