What an amazing #wildflowerhour we’ve had this week. The weather outside may be frightful, and there may be Christmas shopping to do, but so many of you are still getting out there and finding a delightful number of wild plants in bloom across Britain and Ireland.
This week’s star image comes from @barbus59. Highlights below – and they’re really good.
Red Campion, Silene dioica, Lower Higham, 031217 for #wildflowerhour #thewinterten pic.twitter.com/XWC9lK9ONX
— Kingfisher (@Barbus59) December 3, 2017
Don’t forget that we are running a competition at the moment to have your favourite wild flower find from this year turned into an original botanical illustration. More information here.
And the wonderful people at Plantlife have generously offered all #wildflowerhour members a 50% discount on annual membership: just use the code WFHOUR when you check out here.
Finally, our latest podcast is live! In this episode, Isabel Hardman interviews Zoe Devlin on her new book, gets a lesson from Kevin Widdowson on identifying wild flowers by their fruits, and 22 year old botanist Joshua Styles on his mission to save rare plants in the North West from extinction.
Here are some highlights from this week:
And off we go! Enjoy sharing your pictures of the wild flowers you found in Britain and Ireland this week!
A reminder of our rules for those who've joined:
- We're about wild flowers in Britain and Ireland.
- No garden flowers please, they're lovely but there are other groups for this.
- Post pictures and ask for IDs any time.
- We are a non-profit group running to support the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, Plantlife and the Wildlife Trusts. Therefore this isn't a group for selling things.
Other than that, please enjoy the planty party that is #wildflowerhour!
I am looking for a melancholy thistle. Culpepper says that if you add it to wine, it will make man merry as a cricket.
Thanks for accepting me in the group, I've been following and contributing to wildflower hour for some time on Twitter. This is easier.
Why post only on Sunday from 8 to 9 pm? Why not at other times?
WANTED!!
Hibernating ladybird sightings. Research is being undertaken on ladybirds in Cork by UCC and Fota Wildlife Park. We are particularly looking for hibernation sites in cork. If you have any in your house or shed please email ladybird@fotawildlife.ie asap with details and photograph. Please can you share.There is also an Irish ladybird fb page if you are interested. Thank you.
from #wildflowerhour http://www.wildflowerhour.co.uk/blog/2017/12/03/3-december/
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