Ribwort Plantain, Plantago lanceolata
This month I haven’t had much time to update this blog, but today is cold and damp and I have a chance to stop and look back over the last month. One of May’s highlights was a week’s trip to … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Edible
Danish Scurvygrass, Cochlearia danica
Once upon a time, there was a white-flowered member of the Cabbage family (Brassicaceae) called Danish Scurvygrass, Cochlearia danica. It could be found growing on the tops of cliffs, in sand dunes and on sea-walls, and on old walls and … Continue reading →
Lady’s Smock or Cuckoo Flower, Cardamine pratensis
“When daisies pied and violets blue / And lady-smocks all silver-white, / And cuckoo-buds* of yellow hue, / Do paint the meadows with delight…” William Shakespeare, Love’s Labours Lost, Act V, Scene II. Spring is unfurling slowly this year, and … Continue reading →