The garden is full of beauty at the moment, as spring reaches its peak. Today it is raining, and this rare event should refresh and rejuvenate after weeks of warmth and sunshine. One of the many plants in flower at … Continue reading →
The Barren Strawberry, Potentilla sterilis, is one of the first flowers of spring and can be in flower as early as February, especially in a mild winter like this one, though in cooler areas it will flower into May. The … Continue reading →
The Eastern Daily Press headline read “Endangered wildflower once again blooming near North Walsham“. The wildflower was Small-flowered Catchfly, Silene gallica, and it was thriving on two of Norfolk’s former railway lines now used as footpaths: on Weaver’s Way at … Continue reading →