Flowers | An English Wood

Wood Anemone #wildflower

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 21, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, April, Flowers, Plants, Spring, Wood Anemone | 0 comments

The year’s first anemone should be plucked reverently and stored up as a remedy against all diseases, according to Baker in Discovering the Folklore of Plants.

Anemonoides nemorosa pictured on April 7.

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Dog violet #wildflower

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 7, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Common Dog Violet, Flowers, March, Plants, Spring | 0 comments

Viola riviniana.

Picture taken March 25.

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False Oxlip #wildflower

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 4, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, False Oxlip, Flowers, March, Plants, Spring | 0 comments

Primula veris x vulgaris (P. x polyantha).

Picture taken March 25.

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Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage #plant

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 28, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Flowers, March, Opposite-leaved Golden-Saxifrage, Plants, Spring | 0 comments

First time since 2018 that I’ve spotted Chrysosplenium oppositifolium.

Picture taken March 25.

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The ‘Christmas Rose’ blooms #wildflowers

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 24, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Flowers, March, Plants, Spring, Stinking Hellebore | 0 comments

Stinking Hellebore, Helleborus foetidus.

Picture taken March 10.

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Haemorrhoid treatment #wildflowers

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 17, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Flowers, Lesser Celandine, March, Plants, Spring | 0 comments

Lesser Celandine or Pilewort, Ficaria verna.

Picture taken March 10.

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“Quite violent purgative” #plant

Posted by Wildwood on Feb 21, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, February, Flowers, Plants, Spurge Laurel, Winter | 0 comments

Neither a spurge nor a laurel, Spurge Laurel, Daphne laureola, was once used medicinally, according to Stevens in “Discovering Wild Plant Names.”

Picture taken February 9.

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Stinking Hellebore #plant

Posted by Wildwood on Feb 14, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, February, Flowers, Plants, Stinking Hellebore, Winter | 0 comments

Helleborus foetidus, a Christmas rose about to flower. First time I’ve noticed this on the way into the wood.

Picture taken on February 9.

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Drunkard’s aid #plant

Posted by Wildwood on Feb 7, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Flowers, Ivy, January, Plants, Winter | 0 comments

Spreading the leaves of Ivy, Hedera helix, across the path of those worse for wear could bring them to their senses, according to Baker in “Discovering the Folklore of Plants.”

Picture taken January 22.

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