Spotting flowers growing wild in the South East
Seaford walks in early Spring Health walks around town spotting wild flowers February was a very wet month and there wasn’t much to see, after all the early bloomers in January, so I’ve lumped it together with March. It has been very mild though and I don’t think there has been any frost round here…
Two local violets revisited I wasn’t expecting to write another post so soon on violas, but I’ve had so much help online, it would be a shame not to get it all down while I remember! In my previous post I spotted two different looking violas in the verges of Alfriston Rd, Seaford. Viola hirta…
Fragrant winter heliotrope is almost over I’ve just been out for a walk in Seaford past this large swathe of wildflower leaves. It is winter heliotrope, Petasites fragrans. Identifying winter heliotrope I only recently found out what this was. I had photographed some heliotrope flowers last year in Seaford, but hadn’t used the pics. Then…
This wild flower heralds the coming of Spring The tricky thing about snowdrops for someone like me who is not a botanist, is distinguishing between native wildflowers and garden escapees. These extremely delicate examples of Galanthus were found a long way from any gardens, growing in rough grass about 5m from a road. The stems…
Viola flowers are a sweet Spring treat This lovely little flower face has a beautifully sweet fragrance and is blessedly common here in Sussex. They are often seen on grassy banks, but this one was photographed in flat rough grass by the side of the road. I love to crystallize and eat cultivated violets, which…