Colour Variation

The marsh thistle all along the sides of the tracks is coming into full flower. This is its usual colour but we've been finding two variations, a....

....white and several shades of....

....pink. 

The thistle is in good company. Devil's-bit scabious, milkwort, bluebell and the local gentian are amongst other flowers which have colour variations, white being the most common, but perhaps the best-known are the heathers, with....

....white heather being picked and worn both to ward off danger and to bring good luck.