Allium triquetrum – Three-cornered Garlic
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Another wild garlic, elegant but invasive.
Viola odorata – 20th March 2023 – Sweet Violet
A much-loved native plant that may have declined in Scotland
Primula and ‘Polyanthus’ – 13th March 2023
This week we are talking about the colour of flowers
Corylus avellana – 6th March 2023 – Hazel
I had a little nut tree,
Nothing would it bear,
But a silver nutmeg
And a golden pear.
(But Hazel is protandrous, therefore you need more than one tree to have nuts)
Pinus radiata – 27th February 2023 – Monterey Pine
A tree that’s far from its homeland.
Helleborus foetidus – 20th February 2023 – Stinking Hellebore
A nationally scarce plant that has many garden relatives.
Stellaria media – 6th February 2023-Common Chickweed
This common wayside plant has been called ‘one of the world’s worst weeds’.
Spergularia marina – 30th January 2023-Lesser Sea-spurrey
Since the 1980s this coastal plant has marched inland.
Ulmus minor ssp. sarniensis – 23rd January 2023- variously called Wheatley Elm, Guernsey Elm or Jersey Elm
You may still find examples of the Wheatley Elm, despite the ravages of Dutch Elm disease.
Erinus alpinus – 16th January 2023 -Fairy Foxglove
Look for this one on the mortar of ancient walls at castles, walled gardens, cemeteries, ruins and old bridges.
