Foxglove Seedheads

Look out for foxglove seedheads - a stark contrast to the spikes of drooping purple bell flowers in summer. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and we need to appreciate the autumnal display in the countryside, a key part of the cycle of life. Tiny seeds have been dispersed from these seedheads and as the song says ‘Just remember in the winter, far beneath the bitter snow, lies the seed that that with the sun’s love, in the spring becomes a rose’. Although plenty to observe and appreciate in winter, Growing Wild also needs a spell of hibernation and le cunamh Dé, will return in spring to continue an appreciation of our native Irish biodiversity.