#StoryPlants #WildflowerHour
Mares tail (Equisetum arvense) — older than our lanes, older even than the woods.
I found them lit by sun along the verge, each stem held by the earth like a taper —
not announcing spring,
but witnessing it.
Again.
#BritishWildflowers
#NoticingNature
#AncientPlants
Choosing one precious moment to hold the day — the first wood anemone I’ve seen this year, curtsying on the wayside as I passed.
I curtsied back, of course, and took a photograph.
Windflowers indeed — March winds frisking through my walking togs.
#NoticingNature #BritishWildflowers #Spring
Stop scrolling! Spring is around the corner🌸
And we can’t wait! What’s your favourite thing about spring?🌱
#Spring #BritishWildflowers
For Wildflower Hour —
Stepping into Spring —
a slow procession of early wildflowers,
each one answering the light.
Soundtrack: spring’s first dawn chorus.
#WildflowerHour
#SolacelnNature
#EarlySpring
#BritishWildflowers
#DawnChorus
For Wildflower Hour.
Petals before proclamations.
Colour before certainty.
Gathered in the rain —
raindrops lending everything a quiet radiance.
Above it all, the song thrush rehearsing the season.
Spring — not declared, but approaching.
#WildflowerHour #NoticingNature #BritishWildflowers
The Dark Allure of Deadly Nightshade. :@thrifyhomeandgarden
Elegant yet enigmatic, foxglove has graced Britain’s hedgerows and gardens for generations.
thesarahcoles.co.uk/foxglove/
#Foxglove #BritishWildflowers #BotanicalFolklore #GardenHistory #MedicinalPlants #PoisonousPlants #PlantLore #WildflowerGardens #HeritagePlants #FolkloreUK
The allure of the foxglove. A garden favourite. @thriftyhomeandgarden
Tall, elegant and quietly dangerous, foxglove has long held a place in Britain’s gardens and hedgerows.
thesarahcoles.co.uk/foxglove/
#Foxglove #Digitalis #BritishWildflowers #GardenHistory #BotanicalFolklore #PoisonousPlants #MedicinalPlants #WildflowerGardens #HistoricPlants #FolkloreAndNature
Day 11 – Common toadflax!
A bright, snapdragon-like wildflower bringing splashes of yellow and orange to field edges and grasslands. Even in winter, its seed heads support wildlife. 🌼✨
Day 12 tomorrow!
#Wildflowers #BritishWildflowers #GrasslandFlora #NaturePhotography #WildlifeSupport
Yellow pimpernel, dandelion, speedwell and wood sorrel. Gardening or anti-gardening? #nomowmay #britishwildflowers #gardening
In the local forest some superb displays of Bugle in one large patch of Bugle ....a group of "Red" Bugle variants . In another section of the forest .....and feeding on Bugle two male Long-Horned bees scrapping over the same plant ! #britishbees #britishwildflowers
“Give Dandelions a Chance!” – Public Urged to Rethink Wildflowers, as @plantlifeuk.bsky.social Launches #NoMowMay
New survey data on peoples’ attitudes towards garden plants reveals that many still regard wildflowers as weeds.
#NoMowMayAndBeyond #FlowerPower #BritishWildflowers
Bluebell
Germander Speedwell
Devil's-bit Scabious
Cornflower
The only kind of #BlueMonday we're interested in💙🪻
1️⃣ Bluebell
2️⃣ Germander Speedwell
3️⃣ Devil’s-bit Scabious
4️⃣ Cornflower
Find out more about our favourite blue blooms - www.plantlife.org.uk/plants-and-f...
#BritishWildflowers #Wildflowers
White paper with repeat dark grey ink prints of nettles, cow parsley and grass done in an etching style, the plant in white relief against an ink print background.
More lino cutssssss.
I'm really not a fan of "easy cut lino" it's so wiggly when printing it just bends. I'd rather do my wrist in on the hard stuff, much cleaner result. But it's what I got so.
#botanicalprints #botanicalart #britishwildflowers #nettles #cowparsely
Purple orchids and yellow cowslips on a grassy slope with blue skies and fluffy cloud behind.
Fragrant orchids and cowslips on Noar Hill in Hampshire last spring. Looks like paradise to me. Hope they bring a smile to your face. #orchid-a-day #ukorchids #Britishwildflowers
