February is catkin season and Hazel catkins – known as lamb’s-tails – are one of the delights of late winter and early spring. Hazel (a.k.a. Common Hazel), Corylus avellana, truly is a beautiful, adaptable, useful and edible plant. Beautiful Hazel is wind … Continue reading →
Common Mallow, Malva sylvestris, is one of our commonest wild flowers and can be found in most of England and Wales. In Scotland and Ireland it is commonest in the south and east. It is a hardy, drought tolerant perennial herb … Continue reading →
One of Norwich’s local specialities is Hoary Mullein, Verbascum pulverulentum. It’s a spectacular plant and one I’m lucky to see every year. Nationally, it is mostly found in East Anglia and it is particularly abundant to the south and west … Continue reading →