Snake's-head Fritillary (
Fritillaria meleagris); Frenchay Hospital nature reserve, 21st March
Winter Savory (
Satureja montana); Mells Manor, Somerset, 20th March (
This is supposedly the only site in the UK for this species, where they've been established for over a hundred years, but that spell of freezing weather looks to have hit this Mediterranean introduction hard - a few new shoots was all that was on offer!)
Winter Heliotrope (
Petasites fragrans); Bristol Suspension Bridge, March 14th
Wrinkled Viburnum (
Viburnum rhytidophyllum); Stoke Park woods, Pur Down, 25th March
Wood Anemone (
Anemone nemorosa); Stoke Park woods, Pur Down, 25th March
And, lastly...
Peach (
Prunus persica); New Avon Cut, Bristol city centre, 30th March!!