Winter beauty #wildflowers

Posted by on Dec 25, 2017 in 2017, December, Flowers, Marsh Thistle, Winter | 2 comments

 

 

Flowers, Thistle, December 2017

 

Happy Christmas! (more…)

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Late, late show #wildflowers

Posted by on Oct 25, 2017 in 2017, Autumn, Common Centaury, Flowers, October | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Common Centuary, October 2017

 

Common Centaury, Centaurium erythraea, still flowering near the pond. (more…)

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Herb Robert #wildflowers

Posted by on Oct 20, 2017 in 2017, Autumn, Flowers, Herb Robert, October | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Herb Robert, October 2017

 

Geranium robertianum provides flashes of colour. (more…)

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Black Bryony #plants

Posted by on Oct 16, 2017 in 2017, Autumn, Black Bryony, Flowers, October | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Black Bryony, October 2017

 

Tamus communis. (more…)

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‘When he called the flowers, so blue and golden …’ #wildflowers

Posted by on Oct 5, 2017 in 2017, Autumn, Common Dog Violet, Flowers, October | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Common Dog-violet, October 2017

 

A line from ‘Flowers‘ by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. (more…)

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Rosehips #plants

Posted by on Oct 2, 2017 in 2017, Autumn, Field Rose, Flowers, September | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Rosehips, September 2017

 

Possibly Field Rose, Rosa arvensis. (more…)

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‘… the silent, startled, icy, black language of blackberry-eating in late September’ #plants

Posted by on Sep 30, 2017 in 2017, Autumn, Bramble, Flowers, September | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Bramble, September 2017

 

A line from ‘Blackberry Eating‘ by Galway Kinnell. (more…)

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Black Bryony #plants

Posted by on Sep 28, 2017 in 2017, Autumn, Black Bryony, Flowers, September | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Black Bryony, September 2017

 

Tamus communis. (more…)

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Ragwort #wildflowers

Posted by on Sep 24, 2017 in 2017, Autumn, Common Ragwort, Flowers, September | 0 comments

 

Flowers, Ragwort, September 2017

 

Senecio jacobaea. (more…)

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Water Mint #wildflowers

Posted by on Sep 22, 2017 in 2017, Autumn, Flowers, September, Water Mint | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Water Mint, September 2017

 

Mentha aquatica. (more…)

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Space oddity #wildflowers

Posted by on Sep 19, 2017 in 2017, Autumn, Devil's-bit Scabious, Flowers, September | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Devils-bit Scabious, September 2017

 

There’s something unworldly about Devils-bit scabious, Succisa pratensis. (more…)

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Bane of fleas #plants

Posted by on Sep 6, 2017 in 2017, August, Fleabane, Flowers, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Common Fleabane, August 2017

 

Fleabane’s name derives from its smoke, if burned, driving away fleas and other insects, says Botanical. (more…)

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