It has to be Pasque flowers on Easter Sunday right? In Bedfordshire. #wildflowerhour

Dodecatheon meadia - very pretty. Where did you see it?

No white flowers today. But the first bluebells have opened in Central Bedfordshire woodland. #wildflowerhour

Going with green hellebore just coming into flower and our native daffodil. Both in different central Bedfordshire woodland. For this week's #wildflowerhour

Great talk - thank you @dunnjons.bsky.social

Our native daffodil, Narcissus pseudonarcissus has started flowering in Central Bedfordshire. Seen on a headtorch run for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

I led this panel tasting that showed how exciting the indigenous reds of the region can be, able to stand tall against anything from around the world. Time to explore beyond the usual fare. #CEEwines #Vranec #vranac #Teran #prokupac #refosco #trnjak #wine

Snowdrops of course for this week's #wildflowerhour. But also Daphne laureola, early whitlow grass and leaf rosettes of the Bedfordshire red data list Potentilla argentea at one of my flora guardian sites

This week for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social my offerings are treacle mustard and annual mercury. Both red data list plants in Bedfordshire, seen on the edge of an allotment. Plus annual knawel making up for a terrible summer, and nearly in flower corn spurrey

Barely any heathland left here.

My offerings for #wildflowerhour are heather ( Calluna vulgaris) a red data list plant in Bedfordshire and climbing corydalis

I just made medlar jelly from the heaviest crop I've ever had in the garden.

Basil thyme (Clinopodium acinos) still in flower and a lonely Viola tricolor ssp tricolor for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Stellaria aquatica is my only offering for this week's @wildflowerhour.bsky.social seen by the river in Burton-upon-Trent

My Sunday offerings for #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social are wild Clary, roundleaved fluellen, sand spurrey and a blurry small toadflax. All Central Bedfordshire, variously on clay, chalk and sand.

Yes, Atropa belladonna. Which is very toxic. We also have Solanum nigrum known as black nightshade widespread in my part of UK, regarded as toxic too. Different to the US black nightshade S americanum which is eaten I believe

Finally found deadly nightshade in the wild. Lovely glossy berries On a verge in Oxford. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

As ever late for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour . Favourite plant finds this year were the tiny lesser twayblade in Yorkshire, thyme broomrape in the Burren and creeping lady's-tresses in Norfolk. #favouritefinds #favouriteplants #ukorchids #broomrape

Long slow botany run today with a few #seedheads of blue fleabane, saw-wort, small teasel & the only violet helleborine not eaten by deer @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Slightly late for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social again. Managed a trip to the car wreck devastation of a quarry near Luton for Chiltern gentians for #gentianfamily Amazing what conditions they survive in.

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A little early so I don't forget @wildflowerhour.bsky.social Highlight of the week has to be Chiltern gentian (Gentianella germanica) . One of its central Bedfordshire sites is full of wrecked cars, rubbish and offroader damage, but the flowers survive. #wildflowerhour

Yes, its Bedfordshire site

Going with moon carrot ( Seseli libanotis) with lady bird, Anchusa arvenis with an unidentified beetle, skullcap and yellow bird's-nest setting fruit. For #wildflowerhour #pollinatorpals @bsbibotany.bsky.social

They are very tiny and hard to find!

A spontaneous trip to Norfolk for creeping lady's-tresses. With bonus Jersey cudweed, Norfolk everlasting pea and sea holly for #bythesea #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

I have 2024 data !

Some good ones for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #DeadNettlefamily Featuring young leaf rosette of ground pine (Ajuga chamaepitys), basil thyme (Clinopodium acinos), large-flowered hemp nettle (Galeopsis speciosa) and red hemp nettle (Galeopsis angustifolia) #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Botany run in Central Bedfordshire featuring Venus's looking-glass Legousia hybrida, few flowered fumitory Fumaria vaillantii and moon carrot Seseli libanotis @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Violet Helleborine, sand spurrey, round leaved fluellen and dwarf spurge for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social . All Central Bedfordshire #wildflowerhour #ukorchids #arableweeds