Pale Dog Violet, Viola lactea, on a Dorset heath #wildflowerhour #FavouritePlants
September 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Pale Dog Violet, Viola lactea, on a Dorset heath #wildflowerhour #FavouritePlants
Bastard Toadflax, Thesium humifusum, on the Dorset Downs #wildflowerhour #FavouritePlants
September 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Bastard Toadflax, Thesium humifusum, on the Dorset Downs #wildflowerhour #FavouritePlants
Yellow Bird's Nest, Monotropa hypopitys, in another nearby woodland #FavouritePlants #Wildflowerhour
September 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Yellow Bird's Nest, Monotropa hypopitys, in another nearby woodland #FavouritePlants #Wildflowerhour
Nordic Bladderwort, Utricularia stygia, in a bog in Dorset #wildflowerhour #FavouritePlants
September 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Nordic Bladderwort, Utricularia stygia, in a bog in Dorset #wildflowerhour #FavouritePlants
Starved Wood Sedge, Carex depauperata, in a nearby woodland this summer #FavouritePlants #Wildflowerhour
September 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Starved Wood Sedge, Carex depauperata, in a nearby woodland this summer #FavouritePlants #Wildflowerhour
Campanula rotundifolia L, Harebell
Another beauty associated with @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social
#FavouritePlants #WildflowerHour
Another beauty associated with @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social
#FavouritePlants #WildflowerHour
September 13, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Campanula rotundifolia L, Harebell
Another beauty associated with @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social
#FavouritePlants #WildflowerHour
Another beauty associated with @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social
#FavouritePlants #WildflowerHour
Two #ByTheSea #FavouritePlants Early Spider orchid at Worth Matravers (ish) and Thrift at Slade in Co. Wexford #WildflowerHour
September 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Two #ByTheSea #FavouritePlants Early Spider orchid at Worth Matravers (ish) and Thrift at Slade in Co. Wexford #WildflowerHour
Two #FavouritePlants from #WiltsBotSoc weekend in Suffolk/Norfolk Fiddleneck from Knettishall Heath and Tephroseris palustris (can’t remember common name and running out of charge on train 😬) from Dickleburgh #WildflowerHour
September 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Two #FavouritePlants from #WiltsBotSoc weekend in Suffolk/Norfolk Fiddleneck from Knettishall Heath and Tephroseris palustris (can’t remember common name and running out of charge on train 😬) from Dickleburgh #WildflowerHour
Sticky groundsel (Senecio viscosus) with some Vervain (Verbena officinalis), Hackney pavement, for #wildflowerhour
(pavement plants are #favouriteplants)
(pavement plants are #favouriteplants)
September 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Sticky groundsel (Senecio viscosus) with some Vervain (Verbena officinalis), Hackney pavement, for #wildflowerhour
(pavement plants are #favouriteplants)
(pavement plants are #favouriteplants)
Favorite plant of 2026 ... probably this Field Cow-wheat on the Isle of Wight this summer. Those colours! #FavouritePlants #wildflowerhour
September 13, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Favorite plant of 2026 ... probably this Field Cow-wheat on the Isle of Wight this summer. Those colours! #FavouritePlants #wildflowerhour
One of my #FavouritePlants: Field Gentian (Gentianella campestris), photographed on the #Donegal coast.
The roots of other #GentianFamily members are used to make digestive bitters (think Aperol & pink gin) & field gentian was once used for similar purposes @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
The roots of other #GentianFamily members are used to make digestive bitters (think Aperol & pink gin) & field gentian was once used for similar purposes @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
September 20, 2026 at 8:05 PM
One of my #FavouritePlants: Field Gentian (Gentianella campestris), photographed on the #Donegal coast.
The roots of other #GentianFamily members are used to make digestive bitters (think Aperol & pink gin) & field gentian was once used for similar purposes @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
The roots of other #GentianFamily members are used to make digestive bitters (think Aperol & pink gin) & field gentian was once used for similar purposes @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
Scabiosa columbaria L., Small Scabious.
because of the delicacy in pastel shades of lilac blue, and in general demeanour.
#FavouritePlants #WildflowerHour
because of the delicacy in pastel shades of lilac blue, and in general demeanour.
#FavouritePlants #WildflowerHour
September 13, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Scabiosa columbaria L., Small Scabious.
because of the delicacy in pastel shades of lilac blue, and in general demeanour.
#FavouritePlants #WildflowerHour
because of the delicacy in pastel shades of lilac blue, and in general demeanour.
#FavouritePlants #WildflowerHour
#wildflowerhour #favouriteplants cornsalad and greater celandine, both found in March, both new to me this year.
September 13, 2026 at 6:25 PM
#wildflowerhour #favouriteplants cornsalad and greater celandine, both found in March, both new to me this year.
Forever associated with the speedy and hawk-eyed @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social
On this occasion, lightning reflexes to capture a stoat that ran across our path.
Orchis ustulata L., Burnt-tip Orchid
#FavouritePlants #WIldflowerHour
On this occasion, lightning reflexes to capture a stoat that ran across our path.
Orchis ustulata L., Burnt-tip Orchid
#FavouritePlants #WIldflowerHour
September 13, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Forever associated with the speedy and hawk-eyed @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social
On this occasion, lightning reflexes to capture a stoat that ran across our path.
Orchis ustulata L., Burnt-tip Orchid
#FavouritePlants #WIldflowerHour
On this occasion, lightning reflexes to capture a stoat that ran across our path.
Orchis ustulata L., Burnt-tip Orchid
#FavouritePlants #WIldflowerHour
Zygaena filipendulae, Six-spot burnet, on Knautia arvensis L., Field Scabious, because it provides pollen and nectar over a long season, and plays host to party time for many invertebrates. #FavouritePlants #WildflowerHour
September 13, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Zygaena filipendulae, Six-spot burnet, on Knautia arvensis L., Field Scabious, because it provides pollen and nectar over a long season, and plays host to party time for many invertebrates. #FavouritePlants #WildflowerHour
Primula farinosa L, Birdseye Primrose, at Ashberry. A simple case of total adoration from the emergence in April of tiny, tight rosettes clothed in farina, to that day at the very end of May, for the sheer joy of witnessing its spread ... a very good year
#FavouritePlants #WildflowerHour
#FavouritePlants #WildflowerHour
September 13, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Primula farinosa L, Birdseye Primrose, at Ashberry. A simple case of total adoration from the emergence in April of tiny, tight rosettes clothed in farina, to that day at the very end of May, for the sheer joy of witnessing its spread ... a very good year
#FavouritePlants #WildflowerHour
#FavouritePlants #WildflowerHour
Because it fringes northern woodlands like a petticoat, and spangles spring hedgerows with beauty, & host literally hundreds of inverts. And because the blue, bloomed fruits make sloe gin, and gin references remind me of @naturelark.bsky.social I don't know why. 🤭
#FavouritePlants #WildflowerHour
#FavouritePlants #WildflowerHour
September 13, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Because it fringes northern woodlands like a petticoat, and spangles spring hedgerows with beauty, & host literally hundreds of inverts. And because the blue, bloomed fruits make sloe gin, and gin references remind me of @naturelark.bsky.social I don't know why. 🤭
#FavouritePlants #WildflowerHour
#FavouritePlants #WildflowerHour
Parnassia palustris L, Grass of Parnassus, simply because of breath-taking beauty, but also for the reminder of a day spent at Sefton Dunes, with friends, fuelled by fancy chocolate and gin ... the absolute best way to do botany
#FavouritePlants #WildflowerHour
#FavouritePlants #WildflowerHour
September 13, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Parnassia palustris L, Grass of Parnassus, simply because of breath-taking beauty, but also for the reminder of a day spent at Sefton Dunes, with friends, fuelled by fancy chocolate and gin ... the absolute best way to do botany
#FavouritePlants #WildflowerHour
#FavouritePlants #WildflowerHour
#FavouritePlants ##WildflowerHour Not *wild* strictly speaking, but I think it's this geranium. I was just delighted it has now decided to thrive in my garden, having arrived out of the blue. Bees love it too 👍🙂🐝
September 13, 2026 at 10:43 PM
#FavouritePlants ##WildflowerHour Not *wild* strictly speaking, but I think it's this geranium. I was just delighted it has now decided to thrive in my garden, having arrived out of the blue. Bees love it too 👍🙂🐝
Favourite plant this year was Herniaria glabra (Smooth Ruturewort). A small and insignificant plant which repays patient scrutiny along the forest rides on the Norfolk Brecks, looking carefully for the acid green patches of this plant. Such a bonus if you find it!
#favouriteplants
#wildflowerhour
#favouriteplants
#wildflowerhour
September 13, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Favourite plant this year was Herniaria glabra (Smooth Ruturewort). A small and insignificant plant which repays patient scrutiny along the forest rides on the Norfolk Brecks, looking carefully for the acid green patches of this plant. Such a bonus if you find it!
#favouriteplants
#wildflowerhour
#favouriteplants
#wildflowerhour
I haven't really got any #favouriteplants so here's 4 new species I've found Cornwall that were my faves for a short time. #wildflowerhour
Botrychium lunaria - Moonwort (fern)
Elatine hexandra - Six stamened Waterwort
Verbascum densiflorum - Dense-flowered Mullein
Ruddy Clover - Trifolium rubens
Botrychium lunaria - Moonwort (fern)
Elatine hexandra - Six stamened Waterwort
Verbascum densiflorum - Dense-flowered Mullein
Ruddy Clover - Trifolium rubens
September 13, 2026 at 7:47 PM
I haven't really got any #favouriteplants so here's 4 new species I've found Cornwall that were my faves for a short time. #wildflowerhour
Botrychium lunaria - Moonwort (fern)
Elatine hexandra - Six stamened Waterwort
Verbascum densiflorum - Dense-flowered Mullein
Ruddy Clover - Trifolium rubens
Botrychium lunaria - Moonwort (fern)
Elatine hexandra - Six stamened Waterwort
Verbascum densiflorum - Dense-flowered Mullein
Ruddy Clover - Trifolium rubens
#wildflowerhour. Some of our #favouriteplants of the year. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social Wild onion on the river Carron. Squill on Iona. A first for us. Birds Eye primrose. Part of the Teesdale Assemblage. And Glenshee Globeflower with a view. A first for us in Glenshee.
September 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
#wildflowerhour. Some of our #favouriteplants of the year. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social Wild onion on the river Carron. Squill on Iona. A first for us. Birds Eye primrose. Part of the Teesdale Assemblage. And Glenshee Globeflower with a view. A first for us in Glenshee.
#favouriteplants of the year for @wildflowerhour. Gosh. We had a few. It was a great botany year. So many lovely plants and some firsts for us. And for some locations. This post is the lovely mountain avens. Seen both on Glenshee and in the Teesdale exclosures.. #wildflowerhour
September 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
#favouriteplants of the year for @wildflowerhour. Gosh. We had a few. It was a great botany year. So many lovely plants and some firsts for us. And for some locations. This post is the lovely mountain avens. Seen both on Glenshee and in the Teesdale exclosures.. #wildflowerhour
This summer I've been lucky to spend quite a bit of time surveying meadows in Cambridgeshire and Oxfordshire - one of my favourite habitats with many of my #favouriteplants - though very little shade available!
#wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
#wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
September 13, 2026 at 6:02 PM
This summer I've been lucky to spend quite a bit of time surveying meadows in Cambridgeshire and Oxfordshire - one of my favourite habitats with many of my #favouriteplants - though very little shade available!
#wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
#wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
As ever late for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour . Favourite plant finds this year were the tiny lesser twayblade in Yorkshire, thyme broomrape in the Burren and creeping lady's-tresses in Norfolk. #favouritefinds #favouriteplants #ukorchids #broomrape
September 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
As ever late for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour . Favourite plant finds this year were the tiny lesser twayblade in Yorkshire, thyme broomrape in the Burren and creeping lady's-tresses in Norfolk. #favouritefinds #favouriteplants #ukorchids #broomrape