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These flowers may be of the smaller subspecies N alba occidentalis, which occurs... (more)

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Late flowering this cold spring, this species of Butterbur is more widely... (more)

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The heather which turns much of Scotland purple in late summer.

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There are something like 400 microspecies of Bramble, which is a member of the... (more)

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There are several patches of this plant, which normally prefers woodland,... (more)

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This pod of Broom (Cytisus scoparius) has exploded in the proper manner, but... (more)

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This was the only one I could find with fruit, though there was also one still... (more)

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A close-up of a single flower of the white variety.

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This is one of my very favourite plants. This one has had to struggle up through... (more)

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The seed pods of this plant, which is a common garden escape, are more striking... (more)

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This is the first time I have looked closely at one of these ubiquitous plants.... (more)

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I've never seen this plant before, but Fitter, Fitter and Blamey say that... (more)

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This plant of damp places is the favourite food plant of the Orange Tip butterfly.

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A fine crop of Scotch Thistle, also known as Spear Thistle. See also... (more)

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My thanks to Hugh Venables for confirming that this is probably one of four... (more)

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Interestingly, the distribution map in my book suggests that this plant does not... (more)

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Fitter, Fitter and Blamey say that there are at least 20 microspecies of... (more)

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Honesty seeds itself readily, and has recently colonised my garden. The flowers... (more)

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This prickly shrub with bright orange flowers seeds readily. It is introduced... (more)

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This is one of the commonest vetches, making bright blue patches in hedgerows... (more)

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The smallest and least conspicuous species of speedwell.

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A close look at some flowers on a foxglove spike.

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Both varieties, the mauve and the more familiar yellow, growing together in the... (more)

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There were drifts of these by the river bank.

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Also known as Windflower. The number of petals is variable - this one has seven,... (more)

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An unobtrusive plant, but worth a closer look. I wonder whether its name implies... (more)

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One flower of the vast number growing just outside the garden wall.

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Growing in the middle of the track on Cottartown Moss.

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As its Latin name suggests, this is one of the herbs formerly scattered among... (more)

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Also known as myrrh, it is easily recognised by the liquorice smell of its crushed leaves.

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These are almost certainly Common Dog Violet (Viola riviniana) which is the... (more)

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Just asking to be made into elderflower cordial!

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This plant occurs mostly in northern England and Southern Scotland, with an... (more)

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An alien introduced to and becoming increasingly established in damp shady... (more)

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This is the true Scottish Bluebell, known in England as the Harebell. The spring... (more)

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Heather, also called Ling (Calluna vulgaris) is the plant whose flowers turn... (more)

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Also known as Lady's Smock, this is the favourite food plant of the Orange... (more)

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This species of Butterbur is apparently commonest in eastern Scotland.

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This garden escape is an increasing common plant of waste land, and it... (more)

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A closer look at the flower heads of this common medicinal plant.

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There's a saying, "if the whin is not in flower, courting's out... (more)

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These are almost certainly Common Dog Violet (Viola riviniana), because this is... (more)

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It differs from Bearberry by having the calyx on top of the fruit, whereas... (more)

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This plant is so named because it was used medicinally for eye problems.

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I didn't recognise it, and I am indebted to M J Richardson for help with... (more)

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The buds on the bushes are just bursting. However this image was taken while... (more)

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Today is (by some reckonings) the first day of spring, and here is an ash twig... (more)

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One of the striking features of the countryside at the moment is the profusion... (more)

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A plant of Wood Sorrel (Oxalis acetosella) growing in a cleft among the gnarled... (more)

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I thought I knew what this was, but on consulting the book on my return home I... (more)

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