“Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!” (note 1). It’s late summer and elderberries, the fruits of the Elder, Sambucus nigra, are ripening in Norfolk’s hedgerows and churchyards (note 2). Sambucus nigra forms a shrub or … Continue reading →
Some plants grow tall or have large showy flowers but others are more subtle. Common Chickweed falls in the latter category. Common Chickweed, Stellaria media, is a lowly and unspectacular annual plant but it is probably growing near where you … Continue reading →
February is catkin season and Hazel catkins – known as lamb’s-tails – are one of the delights of late winter and early spring. Hazel (a.k.a. Common Hazel), Corylus avellana, truly is a beautiful, adaptable, useful and edible plant. Beautiful Hazel is wind … Continue reading →