The delicately nodding apricot flowers inside deep red sepals belong to the subtle and beautiful water avens,
Geum rivale. The dainty flowers sit upon tall, red, hairy stems and above green, neatly lobed leaves. It took me a while to find this native variety in a garden centre, and I was caught out by what I assume must be more vigorous hybrids that were incorrectly labelled, but this one now lives happily in the margins of our pond.
This is the first of this year's flowers, and it looks like it will be a promising year for this lovely plant. It happily grows in a shady area of the garden, perhaps receiving just two to three hours sunlight each day. The flowers will be visited by bumblebees once they have learnt its whereabouts.
References:
Thomas, A. (2017) Gardening for Wildlife, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC.
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