April Friday the 13th turned out to be the day I opened my flower season this year! A couple of passers-by who stopped to chat with me revealed the story behind these crocuses. They should not grow in the wild up here, so I’ve been wondering what’s the deal with them. Back in the 80’s,…

There’s a good number of devilsbit scabious (Succisa pratensis; ängsvädd; purtojuuri) growing by the Loossjön lake. I think it’s an interesting flower, not least because it blooms at a time most other flowers have already given up for the season. Normally the flowers are blue/violet but some light pink and white variants exist, and I…

It’s a dull day, but not too windy so it’s great for flower photography. I had been waiting for weeks for the early coralroots to bloom and now it finally was time, so I took the gear to the forest. The early coralroot (Goodyera repens) is a common orchid and it grows plentiful in my…

Since not many people seem to enjoy the morning hours, I was fairly sure that I could photograph the flower I missed yesterday in peace and quiet this morning. It was a lovely warm weather for cycling and when I got to the lake, I found that the sun hadn’t quite reached the flowers yet,…

Nymphaea alba candida English: White Waterlily Swedish: Nordnäckros Finnish: Pohjanlumme If I really had to name my #1 favourite flower, it would probably be the white waterlily. It goes way back to my childhood – all those endless summers at my parents’ summer house. We have a shallow, mud bottom bay nearby and I remember…

Although we are not suffering from such severe heat waves and drought as the rest of Europe, the water levels are low in the lakes. This provided me an opportunity to walk on the shore of the Loossjön lake, as during normal water levels you either get bog or forest right to the edge of…

Campanula rotundifolia English: Harebell Swedish: Liten blåklocka Finnish: Kissankello It’s an usually cold day for July, and then it also rained a little bit. I opted to photograph some flowers close to home and these harebells couldn’t really get much closer – about 5 metres from my front door! The wind wasn’t making this easy…