‘The final petals of the rose have fallen’ #plants

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 30, 2016 in 2016, Autumn, Field Rose, Flowers, Plants, Provisional identification, September | 0 comments

From ‘Leaving Rose Hips‘ by Lillian Susan Thomas (more…)

Traffic lights #plants

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 27, 2016 in 2016, Autumn, Black Bryony, Flowers, Plants, September | 0 comments

The highly poisonous Black Bryony, Tamus communis. (more…)

Fading Hemp Agrimony #plants

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 21, 2016 in Flowers, Hemp Agrimony, Plants | 0 comments

Eupatorium cannabinum. (more…)

Devil’s-bit Scabious #plants

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 17, 2016 in 2016, Autumn, Devil's-bit Scabious, Flowers, Plants, September | 0 comments

Emerging Succisa pratensis. (more…)

Fleabane #plants

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 15, 2016 in 2016, Autumn, Fleabane, Flowers, Plants, September | 0 comments

Pulicaria dysenterica. (more…)

‘… summer’s blood was in it …’ #plants

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 13, 2016 in 2016, Autumn, Bramble, Flowers, Plants, September | 0 comments

Seamus Heaney on eating a first Blackberry in Blackberry-Picking. (more…)

Water Mint #plants

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 9, 2016 in 2016, Autumn, Flowers, September, Water Mint | 0 comments

The rides are full of Mentha aquatica. (more…)

Betony #plants

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 5, 2016 in 2016, August, Betony, Flowers, Plants, Summer | 0 comments

Thanks to the Creekside Centre, @Creekside_Trust, for identifying Stachys Officinalis. (more…)

From green to red #plants

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 2, 2016 in 2016, August, Flowers, Lords and Ladies, Plants, Summer | 0 comments

Lords and Ladies, Arum maculatum. (more…)

‘ … the varnish’d buttercup …’ #plants

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 30, 2016 in 2016, August, Creeping Buttercup, Flowers, Plants, Summer | 0 comments

A line by William Allingham and a Creeping Buttercup. (more…)

Devil’s-bit Scabious #plants

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 27, 2016 in 2016, August, Devil's-bit Scabious, Flowers, Plants, Summer | 0 comments

Named because the Devil, envious of the good the plant could do, bit away part of the root, says Baker. (more…)

Mystery yellow #plants

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 23, 2016 in 2016, August, Flowers, Prickly Sow Thistle, Summer | 2 comments

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Thanks to Neil for pointing out that this is Prickly-Sow Thistle, Sonchus asper. (more…)