Wildflower Meadow

I always wonder how wild plants perfectly grow in the meadows, fields, woods without any help of a gardener, without fertilizer, weeding, pruning, etc. and well survive in winter, flourish and propagate self-seeding. This month I have gone for a walk to a nearest wildflower meadow not far from my summer cottage.

feather grass, wild rye, hair grass, briza

I've enjoyed the smell of meadow, flowering plants and the sight of tall grasses swaying in the wind. We call such a meadow - motley grass, there is a lot of cirsium (thistle), clover, feather grass, elymus (wildrye or wheatgrass), deschampsia (hair grass), lolium (ryegrass ), briza, scented flowers as mimulus (monkeyflower), caltha (marigold), filipendula (meadowsweet) there. 

Ledum

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Ledum

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Ledum

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thistle

clover

 

monkeyflower

meadowsweet

 

Along the narrow creek the bushes grew, at first they seemed similar to me , but after looking closely I noticed that their leaves and inflorescence were different. I think they were Sorbaria and Aruncus (goat's beard).

goat's beard

High flowering perennial plants with white and yellow small flowers smelled pleasantly, many bees and bumblebees had flown around them.

Two low yellow plants in the tall grass was a St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum) and a Tansy (Tanacetum) both are drug plants that can be bought at a pharmacy.

St. John's wort

Tansy

Other plant that I know, it was a meadow fireweed or rosebay willowherb (Chamaenerion angustifolium), which begins to bloom in the middle of summer. If you want to know how long the summer will last, then look at the fireweed flowers. If they have already wilted, then autumn is coming soon, and if they are still blossoming then rejoice the summer! 

fireweed 

 Angelica

On the photo above Angelica is, it was revealed from 14th Century as a medicinal plant and when I was a child it was popular in our games. The red flower that surprised me was Maltese Cross (Lychnis), its bright red colors contrasted with wildflower meadow.
 

Lychnis

My walk was short, I've had some business at home. It was nice I took the pictures to talk you about wild plants growing in the North.
Maybe some of them grow in your place as well? Do you use them as drug plants?