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 →
“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 →
Wild Clary, Salvia verbenaca, is one of the glories of summer, flowering from June to September in open grassland on sunny banks, sand dunes and roadsides. I saw the magnificent specimen in the photograph above on Beeston Bump last June, … Continue reading →