Periwinkle
The periwinkle, Vinca major, isn’t a common plant in areas I fish. In fact it’s quite rare. However it does occur in one south facing grassy bank overlooking a stretch of the Swale where I fish. Fortunately it’s a stretch that I walk, and fish, regularly. ...
Musk Thistle
Often called the nodding thistle, which seems a good description as the flowers do indeed bend over in a most characteristic way, as if nodding their heads. It’s not common along riverbanks, but occasionally shows up on gravel bars, amongst other thistles; which...
Wood Cranesbill
The Wood Cranesbill is species of geranium. The common houseplant that most people know as the Geranium is a relative, but is actually a Pelargonium. They all have long pointed seed pods that look somewhat like the long beak of a crane and give then their common name....
Honeysuckle
The Honeysuckle has to be one of the most iconic and characteristic English native plants. It has the kind of showy and exotic flowers that one associates more with tropical forests than the English countryside. It’s widely planted in gardens as it is so...
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