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  Tide Mills – a lovely spot for photographing wildflowers

  Posted on September 13, 2015 by ruthdaisy in Nature, Walks

  Spotting wildflowers on a local walk Tide Mills is the site of a ruined village in a historic coastal area between Seaford and Newhaven, which is popular with walkers. There were plenty of wildflowers to be seen when I visited in August. After parking off the A259, the path skirts a couple of fields as […]

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  Jolly Jonquils: Daffodils from Walter Crane

  Posted on March 23, 2014 by ruthdaisy in Art, Gardening

  I love Walter Crane’s humorous botanical illustrations And a whole batch of his flowers have now been released into the public domain via Flickr. A selection of dizzy daffodils Daffodils don’t really come under the literal Photographing Wildflowers remit, as the only ones to be seen around here are either cultivated, or garden escapees. But […]

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  Primula vulgaris | Primrose

  Posted on March 23, 2014 by ruthdaisy in Wildflowers

  A wild flower for Mothers Day Primroses grow en masse along the country lanes of Sussex, especially on grassy roadside banks near Battle. Thirty years ago, back when it was OK to pick wildflowers, my husband used to pick a posy for his Mum to celebrate Mothers Day. I am writing this a week before […]

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  Ranunculus ficaria | Lesser celandine

  Posted on March 16, 2014 by ruthdaisy in Wildflowers

  A buttery yellow wildflower We have a community pond at the end of our road, and at this time of year its edges are a sea of yellow with celandine flowers. They seem to love the damp conditions, and the shade provided by a small stand of trees edging the footpath. The buttery yellow blooms, […]

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