Posted on 22 June 2010 by David Sorrel flowers Sorrel is yet another wild plant with a culinary use: this time in soups, though once again this is something I haven’t tried.
Posted on 22 June 2010 by David Grass This grass flower looks soft against the trunk of the tree behind. Isolated, another stalk and flower looks even more vulnerable.
Posted on 21 June 2010 by David Opening buttercup This buttercup is part way through the process of opening one morning.
Posted on 21 June 2010 by David Umbillifer This umbillifer is almost finished flowering, and is beginning to set seed.
Posted on 20 June 2010 by David Nettle Here the growing tip of a nettle shows the complexity of the structure.
Posted on 18 June 2010 by David Wild garlic flower Wild garlic prefers shady, often woodland, spots to grow. Especially during the flowering season they can be found and identified through the pungent smell, which can get strong with a big patch of the plants on a warm, sunny day.
Posted on 15 June 2010 by David Oak leaves Recently unfolded leaves of an oak tree. At the tip of the branch there is an oak gall.