[THEME] Flowers, Weird and Wonderful (or maybe not?)

[ColinM]

I've watched these plants become more and more blue over the last few weeks.
Birna may be able to advise, but they remind me of the Eryngium family

[Fons Baerken]

Colin, Eryngium planum i think,

Here i have an image from last month in the dunes of texel of E. campestre.

[Snoogly]

Sunflower

[Akira]

Sunflower

Nice idea and execution!

[Snoogly]

Nice idea and execution!

Thanks :-)

[golunvolo]

Nice idea and execution!

 Indeed!

[Fons Baerken]

Tanacetum vulgare, syn. eng. Tancy

[ColinM]

Colin, Eryngium planum i think,

Here i have an image from last month in the dunes of texel of E. campestre.

Sorry Fons, only just found your reply.
Thanks - do you know if your ones have since changed colour?
Mine started a similar green, but the stalks and much of the flowers are now quite blue - unusual in the plant kingdom

[Fons Baerken]

Take a look here Colin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eryngium_planum

[Lars Hansen]

Knautia arvensis - Field scabious. 

[Lars Hansen]

Colin, Eryngium planum i think,

Here i have an image from last month in the dunes of texel of E. campestre.

A cousin - Eryngium maritimum: Sea holly. Rare in Denmark. 

[Ian Watson]

A humble sunflower, no longer in the wild.

[ColinM]

A cousin - Eryngium maritimum: Sea holly. Rare in Denmark.

Thanks Lars
Sea Holly occurs quite a bit in the UK

[Fons Baerken]

August 29

Panicum virgatum "Northwind"

one of my favourite tall grasses, slighly desaturated to emphasize its grey-green colours

Z6, 105mm f/2.8

[Bob Foster]

Probably Cirsium altissimum "Tall thistle"