Cochlearia officinalis and C. danica, 1st April 2024 – (Scurvy-grass)
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Flowering now, along coasts and major roads near you.
Prunus spinosa – 25th March 2024 – Blackthorn –
Flowering now, in hedgerows everywhere.
Senecio eboracensis, 18th March 2024 (York Radiate Groundsel)
This Plant of the Week was discovered by Richard Abbott who, sadly, has passed away two weeks ago. Richard Milne has written this article as a tribute, on behalf of all of us in the Botanical Society of Scotland. Many of us will remember Richard Abbott as a good friend, a colleague and someone who epitomised the idea of progress through scientific curiosity. He was President of the Society from 2006 to 2008.
Caltha palustris – 11th March 2024 (Marsh Marigold)
A harbinger of Spring
Sequoiadendron giganteum – 4th March 2024 (Giant Redwood)
The largest tree species on the planet but not quite the tallest.
Dicksonia antarctica – 26th February 2024 (Tree-fern)
The most magnificent Aussie fern which can just about survive in western districts of Britain and Ireland.
Ginkgo biloba – 12th February 2024 – (Maidenhair tree)
Ginkgo biloba is a ‘living fossil’, the only survivor of a group of plants that flourished in the Jurassic.
Tripolium pannonicum – 5th February 2024 – (Sea Aster)
An aster that you might see on a seaside walk, but now we must call it by another name.
Parietaria judaica – 29th January 2024 – (Pellitory of the Wall)
A medicinal plant that can cause asthma.
Acaena novae-zelandiae – 22nd January 2024 – (pirri-pirri- bur)
An Australian native that is spreading in Britain.
