Wild Flowers

The Best Things in Life are Free

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        I have largely avoided being drawn into snowdrop mania this year. I have no snowdrops in my garden (which is […]

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Wonder Walls Part II

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  Each time I return to the West Country I am reminded just how damp it is compared to Kent. A crude comparison of […]

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Daily Flower Candy: Crithmum maritimum

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Crithmum maritimum: rock samphire, sea fennel, sea asparagus, sea bean, sea pickle, crest marine “There is a cliff whose high and bending head looks […]

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Nature Knows

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Walking in the Kent countryside this afternoon I am reminded that, beyond the confines of our garden, spring is not quite as far advanced […]

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Shipwreck Weather

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As we drove across the border between Devon and Cornwall on Friday night it was almost as if the wind were determined to blow […]

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Daily Flower Candy: Clematis vitalba

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Clematis vitalba: Old man’s beard, traveller’s joy, virgin’s bower, ladies’ bower, love vine, traveller’s ivy. When the feathery seed heads of Clematis vitalba start […]

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Daily Flower Candy: Viper’s Bugloss

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Regular readers of this blog will know that I am a big fan of echiums. I love their jewel-coloured flowers, the way they attract […]

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