For me, there’s something about Willowherb specifically that just says “end of summer”. All spring and early summer the air is filled with dandelions, hawkbit and thistle seeds, but the willowherb comes with the cold mornings, heavy dew and foggy sunrises.

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a photo of a long seed head of a plant, splayed open so each piece curls back on itself in an arc across the frame. between the strands of seed pod are fluffy seeds, arranged neatly, the fluffy strands that help them in the wind curving around with the seed pod, forming a white arch. it is lit by late day sun, with a shadowy background in dark blue grey. the plant stem is vertical across the left of the frame, and is a reddish colour with green and red leaves