The red and the green

Posted by Wildwood on Jun 1, 2014 in 2014, Flowers, May, Provisional identification, Spring, Wood Dock | 0 comments

Possibly leaf spot on Wood Dock, Rumex sanguineus. (more…)

Yellow Pimpernel

Posted by Wildwood on May 28, 2014 in 2014, Flowers, May, Spring, Yellow Pimpernel | 0 comments

Lysimachia nemorum. (more…)

‘Everything that exists …

Posted by Wildwood on May 26, 2014 in 2014, Flowers, May, Seeds, Spring, Unidentified | 0 comments

… is in a manner the seed of that which will be’. Marcus Aurelius

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Greater Butterfly Orchid

Posted by Wildwood on May 22, 2014 in 2014, Flowers, Greater Butterfly Orchid, May, Spring | 0 comments

Greater Butterfly Orchid, Platanthera chlorantha, rather than Lesser Butterfly Orchid, Platanthera bifolia, as I’d suggested. (more…)

Sitting on the dock in the rays

Posted by Wildwood on May 21, 2014 in 2014, Flowers, Fly, May, Noon Fly, Provisional identification, Spring, Wood Dock | 0 comments

Looks like a Noon Fly on a Wood Dock, Rumex sanguineus. (more…)

“Improbable aphrodisiac”

Posted by Wildwood on May 16, 2014 in 2014, April, Flowers, Ramsons, Spring | 0 comments

A description of one of the qualities of Ramsons, Wild Garlic, by Baker. (more…)

Forget-me-not

Posted by Wildwood on May 14, 2014 in 2014, April, Flowers, Spring, Wood Forget-me-not | 0 comments

One of several species of Forget-me-not, this appears of the Wood variety. (more…)

Stinking Bob

Posted by Wildwood on May 12, 2014 in 2014, April, Flowers, Herb Robert, Spring | 0 comments

One of the many names for Herb Robert. (more…)

Good luck charm

Posted by Wildwood on May 9, 2014 in 2014, April, Flowers, Germander Speedwell, Spring | 0 comments

Germander Speedwell, Veronica chamaedrys. (more…)

Mint yellow

Posted by Wildwood on May 7, 2014 in 2014, April, Flowers, Spring, Yellow Archangel | 0 comments

Yellow Archangel, a member of the mint family. (more…)

Obscure origins

Posted by Wildwood on May 5, 2014 in 2014, April, Bugle, Flowers, Spring | 0 comments

The provenance of the Bugle’s common name is unclear. (more…)

The water’s flowing, the cuckoo’s calling

Posted by Wildwood on May 4, 2014 in 2014, April, Bluebell, Ditch, Flowers, General, Spring | 0 comments

A day of sun and showers: a handful of butterflies, the ditches running properly again (thankfully), the bluebells still holding up among plentiful wild flowers and the call of a cuckoo to add a true touch of Spring. (more…)