by user | May 21, 2021 | Nature notes, Plants, Uncategorized
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. ...
by user | Apr 22, 2021 | Nature, Nature notes, Plants
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....
by user | Apr 22, 2021 | Nature, Nature notes, Plants
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...
by user | Apr 21, 2021 | Nature, Nature notes, Plants
It’s just a giant buttercup really. But then size does matter; and the marsh marigold is bigger brighter, better. quite a common plant in marshy areas along rivers and elsewhere. Its flowering is quite short lived and peaks at around the same time as the best...
by user | Apr 21, 2021 | Nature, Plants
Apple blossom doesn’t seem to have quite the iconic appeal of cherry blossom. Perhaps as it appears later in teh year and is lost in the profusion of other flowers. There’s nothing like being first to get attention after all. Or perhaps because the flowers...
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