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Saturday 3 May 2014

Four beautiful white flowers in a hedgerow in May; Hawthorn, Stitchwort, Cow parsley & White Dead-nettle.

 Just an ordinary hedgerow in May, today.
 Take a closer look though, and the flowers are exquisite in my opinion; a Stitchwort species above and Cow Parsley below.
 
Hawthorn is spectacular en masse, and more beautiful still in detail, below.

One always gives White Dead-nettle, above, a wide berth in case it is a stinging nettle until the white flowers display its harmless nature.  This is a time of year to stop and stare at the beauty of "common" hedgerow and other plants.

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