Lady's smock or cuckoo flower

[Pablo]

Found these today. There's quite a few about. The leaves are excellent in a salad and taste like mustard and cress.

Pablo

 

[Toddy]

Nice photos.
It's a pretty thing too. It's a weed in my garden but I refuse to decimate it. Mine are no where near as far ahead as yours though; leaf rosettes are out and the flower stems have begin to spike upwards, but no flowers as yet. HWMBLT gave the grass it's first cut today and decapitated all those on the lawn

Cheers,
Toddy

 

[Salix]

Lady's smock or cuckoo flower, they are in fact the same thing - Cardemine pratensis. Usually seen flying around them is the Orange tip butterfly. A real sign of spring underway

Mark

 

[JonnyP]

Loads out round my way too. They are also known as milkmaids...................Jon

 

[Pablo]

Ironically, heard the first cuckoo call on the same day as I took these photos.

Thanks for the info.

Pablo