Nice to compare two different Maidenhair Spleenwort subspecies yesterday in Teesdale. The delicate subsp. trichomanes on its well-known unmortared wall and the commoner subsp. quadrivalens. #ferns

Three-nerved Sandwort flowering along the verge of a rural lane in SE Cornwall today. #wildflowerhour

Moehringia trinervia

A few nice examples of Green Spleenwort (Asplenium viride) also spotted on today's wander. #ferns

It is always nice to stumble across a healthy patch of Fir Clubmoss (Huperzia selago) #botany

Pow!

Took a bit of a gamble today with a jaunt up to Upper Teesdale, not expecting too much if truth be told. But even a handful of these was enough to make the journey worthwhile.

📸 Spring Gentian (Gentiana verna)

#botany #wildflowerhour

I did not see the pine but oooo, that's exciting. I'm going to have to issue an update! And among huge patches of ones. Assuming just a nice sport!

Rather taken with this pink Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa) today in Denton Dene. Simply had to pause for a 📸 #urbanflora

That was the vibe! Gonna squeeze in some Giant Fescue too 😅

I must say, this container in the yarden is bringing me a lot of joy at present. A combination of Herb-paris, Narrow Buckler-fern, Beech Fern and Barren Strawberry. At this rate, it may well all be Paris soon! 😶

With info kindly provided by @sim-elliott.bsky.social and the assistance of my eagle-eyed son, I was thrilled to see a lovely big patch of Tunbridge Filmy-fern, Hymenophyllum tunbrigense, in the High Weald yesterday. The sori look like minute circular bivalve shells. #FernFriday

Country diary: Time for some spring planting – on a precarious ledge | Susie White Bowlees, Teesdale: It’s been a long road to this point, but now these pots of rare rock whitebeam are ready for the soil

Reintroducing rare rock whitebeam in today's @theguardian.com by Susie White.

#countrydiary #naturewriting

The only way I can describe a concrete desert filled with pots xD

Always exciting to find a new species in the yarden. Today it was the turn of a lovely female Chocolate Mining Bee (Andrena scotica), which seemed rather content basking on our potted bay. #bees

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If you’ll excuse a little self-indulgence, I must admit I did a little dance when I spotted copies of #UrbanFlora on display in Newcastle Waterstones today. Huge thanks to everyone who’s picked up a copy 🙏🌿

The neophyte form of Sisymbrium irio London Rocket, with deep yellow petals (pale yellow in archaeophyte populations) seen in Bognor Regis today #Wildflowerhour

Ah, I do love an Adder’s-tongue! 🐍

Species #20 in this year's little quest to see as many of Britain's ferns as possible in a single year, and plenty more to come 🌿🤓 #botany #ferns

Rough Horsetail (Equisetum hyemale) from the banks of the River Blyth today. Not one I see often at all, and a tricky one to take a decent pic of! #botany

Toothwort fest! Exploring a new woodland today with @nenature.bsky.social and delighted to find four healthy clumps of Lathraea squamaria beneath Hazel and various Prunus. Always a treat. #wildflowerhour

Tis the season for croziers in the yarden! A variety of native ferns springing to life including: Borrer's, Narrow Buckler, Oak Fern, Hart's-tongue, Limestone Fern and Beech Fern. Love'em! #ferns 🌿

Are you interested in urban flora and what plants are growing in Newcastle and North Tyneside? James Common has written a book all about it! Find out more in the blog below! #WilderWednesday

www.nwt.org.uk/blog/james-common/urban-...

For a while now, I’ve been growing on an offset of a violet noticed while working on the #urbanflora. Hunch confirmed today by the gurus at @bsbibotany.bsky.social - Viola x bavarica, first record for Tyneside and only the third for VC67. Now I just need it to seed to be extra sure 👀

I think I can see only two stipules so yes, looks like it 🙂

A little woodland montage for #wildflowerhour...

📸 Green Hellebore, Primrose, Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem, Wood Anemone, Dog-violet, Opposite and Alternate-leaved Golden-Saxifrages, Toothwort & Moschatel

Nice to see Green Hellebore (Helleborus viridis) at its only extant Northumbrian site. A highlight from yesterday's wander! #wildflowerhour

What will likely be the last Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem (Gagea lutea) blooms I see this year from yesterday's stroll along the Wansbeck. #wildflowers

Sweet Violet (Viola odorata var. dumetorum) with its white flowers, purple spur and whiskers at the base of the lateral petals. #wildflowers

Everyone's favourite, Toothwort (Lathraea squamaria) draped in a shroud of non photogenic catkins. #wildflowerhour #botany

Alternate-leaved Golden-Saxifrage (Chrysosplenium alternifolium) from today's walk along the River Wansbeck. Bonus Opposite-leaved for comparison. The former definitely wins! #wildflowerhour #wildflowers

I can't but can recommend the Flora of East Anglia website's Scilla page! 😁