Apr 262017
This charming pink flower is known as the cuckoo flower because it appears each year around the same time as the first cuckoos are to be heard. As it happens, I spotted the first of these flowers yesterday, and I heard my first cuckoo today, so it must be true! The flower is also known as Lady’s Smock. It thrives in damp ground, so it is very much at home in Connemara and particularly in what passes for a “lawn” behind our house. This year, it seems to be more prolific than usual, perhaps it’s something to do with the very wet winter we have just had.