Looking on Google, what I have been calling pink touch-me-nots is actually Himalayan Balsam. Other names are policeman’s helmet and poor man’s orchid. They certainly resemble jewelweed or touch-me-nots, don’t you think?.

Are they not incredibly beautiful . . . even if they are an invasive species?

Apparently, each plant produces about 800 seeds, viable for up to two years. 

Have you ever experienced the fun of squeezing a fat seedpod and watching it EXPLODE, catapulting its seeds up to 7 metres away? 

A few plants bear pale, whitish blossoms while the majority are pink in colour

“Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field . . . shall He not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?” Matthew 6:29-30 KJV