What are Trampling-Tolerant Plants?
There are no plants that like being trampled on by humans or animals, but there are some that specialise in surviving in these tough zones.…
There are no plants that like being trampled on by humans or animals, but there are some that specialise in surviving in these tough zones.…
Rosebay willowherb (Chamerion angustifolium) is tall late-summer wildflower with distinctive pink-purple flowers that grow in tall spikes from July-September, with spirals of lance-like leaves. It…
Weld (Reseda luteola) is a tall, hairless biennial plant found on dry ground. It grows up to 1.5m tall and has green-yellow flowers. It thrives…
When looking at any grassy area, it is easy to see a uniform swathe of green. But if we stop and peer, we find that…
The paperback of The Secret World of Weather is out today – in the UK! I am very excited by that and this morning’s weather…
I’m back from a routine ‘sharpener’, one of the short, intense natural navigation exercises that I like to do regularly to keep my hand in…
Foxgloves – Digitalis purpurea – are a sign you are near the edge of the woods. The flowers point away from the trees.
Welcome Welcome to the first in a new nature’s clues and signs series. Over the coming months I will be heading out on a series…
The bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) is a perennial bluish-purple bell-shaped wildflower of the Lily family (Liliaceae). It is a European plant, common in the British Isles.…