A 2009 plant-hunter's diary

[davidbr]

Originally Posted by Tiggrx

Out of interest why is it not Boston-ivy?

I've certainly never seen Boston-ivy with divided leaves like this plant has, and I can't find any variants of it that show them.

[davidbr]

Perennial Candytuft (Iberis sempervirens); Avon Gorge, Bristol, 25th March


Mediterranean Spurge (Euphorbia characias); Sand Point, Somerset, April 3rd


Fly Honeysuckle (Lonicera xylosteum); Brean, Somerset, April 20th


Few-flowered Garlic (Allium paradoxum); Almondsbury, Bristol, April 14th


Yellow Anemone (Anemone ranunculoides); Great Coxwell, Oxfordshire, 2nd April


Scarlet Anemone (Anemone x fulgens); Great Coxwell, Oxfordshire, 2nd April


Box-leaved Honeysuckle (Lonicera pileata); Filton, Bristol, April 7th


Cretan Tulip (Tulipa saxatalis); Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, April 20th


Toothwort (Lathraea squamaria); Avon Gorge, Bristol, 19th March


Spring Starflower (Ipheion uniflorum); Sand Bay, Somerset, 2nd April


Alpine Wallflower (Erysimum helveticum); Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, 14th April


Balkan Anemone (Anemone blanda); Mells Manor, Somerset, 12th April


Blue Anemone (Anemone apennina); Frampton-on-Severn, Gloucestershire, 10th April


Flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum); Abbey Wood Station, Filton, April 5th


Spring Sowbread (Cyclamen repandum); Sand Point, Somerset, 2nd April


Purple Crab Apple (Malus x purpurea); Highbridge Railway Station, Somerset, 20th April


Snake's-head Fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris); Highbridge Railway Station, Somerset, 20th April


Indian-rhubarb (Darmera peltata); Wells, Somerset, 24th April

[pammosley]

Some lovely looking plants & lovely photos here David. the anenomees in the last lot are wonderful. Inspiration for me for next year

[davidbr]

Originally Posted by pammosley

Some lovely looking plants & lovely photos here David. the anenomees in the last lot are wonderful. Inspiration for me for next year

Most of them should be in the same places next year; the anemones certainly, Yellow & Scarlet Anemone have been known from Great Coxwell churchyard for many years apparently. It's just a matter of going at the right time, when I went in early April it was a bit early for the peak show of Scarlet Anemones and only half a dozen or so flowers were out. The Yellows bloom a couple of weeks earlier, though, so late March/early April sees them at their best.

Balkan Anemone seems to be increasing in the countryside so probably won't be too hard to find; the population at Mells Manor, south Somerset, is really spectacular, though, and well worth making a special effort to see. There's also Siberian Squill, two species of Grape-hyacinth, a lovely show of Purple Rock-cress & Garden Arabis on walls in the village, and the walls of the Manor are also the only UK site for Winter Savory, a Mediterranean shrub.

[davidbr]

Pasqueflower (Pulsatilla vulgaris); Martin Down, Hampshire, April 24th


Water Avens (Geum rivale); Hale Park, New Forest, April 27th


Highclere Holly (Ilex x altaclerensis); Picket Post, New Forest, 24th April


Fairy Foxglove (Erinus alpinus); Lyndhurst, Hampshire, 25th April


Yellow Azalea (Rhododendron luteum); Avon Tyrrell, New Forest, 24th April


Prickly Heath (Gaultheria mucronata); Avon Tyrrell, New Forest, 24th April


Siebold's Crab Apple (Malus sieboldii); banks of River Avon, Bristol City Centre, 22nd April


Atlas Poppy (Papaver atlanticum); Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, April 23rd


Bogbean (Menyanthes trifoliata); Beaulieu Road Station, New Forest, April 26th


Changing Forget-me-not (Myosotis discolor); Holmsley, New Forest, April 26th


Tree Rhododendron (Rhododendron arboreum); Avon Tyrrell, New Forest, 24th April


Dwarf Cherry (Prunus cerasus); Martin, Hampshire, 24th April


Catawba Rhododendron(Rhododendron catawbiense); Avon Tyrrell, New Forest, 24th April


Heath Dog-violet (Viola canina); Holmsley, New Forest, 25th April


Tartarian Honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica); Keyhaven, Hampshire, 27th April


Pyrenean Scurvygrass (Cochlearia pyrenaica); Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, April 28th


Spring Cinquefoil (Potentilla tabernaemontani); Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, April 28th


Narrow-leaved Lungwort (Pulmonaria angustifolia); Holmsley, New Forest, April 25th


Hampshire-purslane(Ludwigia palustris); Brockenhurst South Weir, New Forest, April 26th

[davidbr]

Mountain Fetter-bush (Pieris floribunda); Avon Tyrrell, New Forest, 24th April


Neapolitan Garlic (Allium neapolitanum); Eastville, Bristol, 7th May


Garden Strawberry (Fragaria ananassa); St Werburgh's, Bristol, 20th May


Early Spider Orchid (Ophrys spegodes); Durlston Country Park, Dorset, 10th May


Snow-in-summer (Cerastium tomentosum); Chew Valley Lake, Somerset, May 23rd


Red Horse-chestnut (Aesculus x carnea); Great Elm, Somerset, 2nd May


Purple Gromwell (Lithospermum purpureocaeruleum); Cheddar Wood, Somerset, May 7th


Spanish Gorse (Genista hispanica); Martin, Hampshire, 24th April


Rosy Garlic (Allium roseum); New Avon Cut, Bristol city centre, 9th May


Yellow-flowered Strawberry (Duchesnea indica); Biddisham churchyard, Somerset, 9th May


Fringecups (Tellima grandiflora); Leigh Woods, Bristol, 9th May


Early Gentian (Gentianella anglica); Durlston Country Park, Dorset, 10th May


Bladdernut (Staphylea pinnata); Great Elm, Somerset, 2nd May


Balkan Spurge (Euphorbia oblongata); Abbey Wood Station, Filton, 18th May


Robin's-plantain (Erigeron philadelphicus); Leigh Woods, Bristol, 18th May


Salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius); Abbey Wood Station, Filton, 18th May


Hairy Garlic (Allium subhirsutum); Filton, Bristol, 17th May


Noisette Rose (Rosa noisettiana); Strawberry Line, Cheddar, Somerset, 9th May


Honewort (Trinia glauca); Sand Point, 15th May


Morrow's Honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii); Clevedon, Somerset, 13th May

[davidbr]

Garden Mossy-saxifrage (Saxifraga x arendsii); Priddy, Somerset, May 24th


Eastern Gladiolus (Gladiolus communis); Sand Bay, Somerset, May 30th


Sulphur Cinquefoil (Potentilla recta); Abbey Wood Station, Filton, May 28th


Broad-leaved Onion (Allium nigrum); Chapel Allerton, Somerset, May 7th


California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica); Sand Bay, Somerset, May 30th

Entire-leaved Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster integrifolius); Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, May 30th


Star-of-Persia (Allium christophii); Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, May 30th

Kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa); Ash Priors, Somerset, June 1st


Siberian Stonecrop (Sedum hybridum); Horfield, Bristol, May 31st


Pencilled Cranesbill (Geranium versicolor); Sand Point, Somerset, May 30th


Hairy Canary-clover (Doryncium hirsutum); Abbey Wood Station, Filton, May 28th


Red-hot-poker (Kniphofia uvaria); Sand Bay, Somerset, May 30th


Procumbent Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster prostratus); West Harptree, Somerset, May 29th


Spring Sandwort (Minuartia verna); Priddy Mineries, Somerset, May 23rd


Wisteria (Wisteria floribunda); Bruton, Somerset, May 31st


Mallow-leaved Bindweed (Convolvulus althaeoides); Watchet, Somerset, June 1st


Siberian Iris (Iris sibirica); Ash Priors, Somerset, June 1st


Pale Pink-sorrel (Oxalis incarnata); Bruton, Somerset, May 31st


Olympic St John's Wort (Hypericum olympicum); Fitzhead, Somerset, 1st June

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New Zealand Pigmyweed (Crassula helmsii); West Quantoxhead, Somerset, 4th June


Rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum); Staple Plain, Somerset, 4th June


Munich Cranesbill (Geranium x monacense); Treborough, Somerset, 3rd June


Hairy Vetchling (Lathyrus hirsutus); Watchet, Somerset, 1st June


Kangting Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster pseudoambiguus); Culbone churchyard, Somerset, 2nd June


Bulbous Comfrey (Symphytum bulbosum); Aisholt, Somerset, 5th June


Hedgerow Geranium (Geranium asphodeloides); Aisholt, Somerset, 5th June


Trumpets (Sarracenia flava); Westhay, Somerset Levels, 5th June


Yellow Azalea (Rhododendron luteum); Dulverton, Somerset, 3rd June


Toothed Medick (Medicago polymorpha); Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, 10th June


Altar-lily (Zantedeschia aethopica); Bossington, Somerset, 2nd June


Strawberry-tree (Arbutus unedo); Culbone, Somerset, 2nd June


Virginian Rose (Rosa virginiana); Dunster Beach, Somerset, 3rd June


Fragrant Evening-primrose (Oenothera stricta); Dunster Beach, Somerset, 3rd June


Escallonia (Escallonia macrantha); Porlock Weir, Somerset, 2nd June


Hybrid Rock-rose (Helianthemum x sulphureum); Purn Hill, Somerset, 10th June


Least Yellow-sorrel (Oxalis exilis); Enmore churchyard, Somerset, 5th June


Przewalski's Leopard-plant (Ligularia przewalksii); Aisholt, Somerset, 5th June


Perfoliate Honeysuckle (Lonicera capreolata); Dulverton, Somerset, 3rd June


Red False Buck's-beard (Astilbe x arendsii); Dulverton, Somerset, 3rd June

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Candelabra Primrose (Primula pulverulenta); Martham Broad, Norfolk, 16th June


Spanish Catchfly (Silene otites); Cranwich Camp, Norfolk, 15th June


Brazilian Giant-rhubarb (Gunnera manicata); Upton Fen, Norfolk, 16th June


Red-berried Elder (Sambucus racemosa); How Hill, Norfolk, 16th June


Giant Scabious (Cephalaria gigantea); Hockwold-cum-Wilton, Suffolk, 13th June


Damask Rose (Rosa damascena); Booton Common, Norfolk, 19th June


Cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos); Dersingham Bog, Norfolk, 20th June


Buttonweed (Cotula coronopifolia); Hickling Broad, Norfolk, 18th June


Climbing Corydalis (Ceratocapnos claviculata); Hickling Broad, Norfolk, 18th June


Twin-flowered Everlasting-pea (Lathyrus grandiflorus); Roydon Common, Norfolk, 19th June


Flixweed (Descurainia sophia); Hockwold-cum-Wilton, Suffolk, 15th June


Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum); Ted Ellis NR, Wheatfen, Norfolk, 17th June


Water-violet (Hottonia palustris); Thompson Common, Norfolk, 15th June


Fen Orchid (Liparis loeselii); Upton Fen, Norfolk, 16th June


Asian Firethorn (Pyracantha rogersiana); How Hill, Norfolk, 17th June


Trailing Snapdragon (Asarina procumbens); Cawston, Norfolk, 19th June


Martagon Lily (Lilium martagon); Booton, Norfolk, 19th June


Phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia); Hickling, Norfolk, 18th June


Marsh Pea (Lathyrus palustris); Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, 17th June

[TheSeagull]

Lovely thread! I have never went plant hunting but have seen some things like Black Bog-rush and Devil's bit scabious so I might try next year.