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August 11, 2020October 22, 2020

Garden grief: when yellow becomes the new green

October 19, 2015

Southern Hemisphere in Scotland: Benmore Botanic Garden

September 6, 2015September 6, 2015

A glimpse of Victorian Scotland

January 28, 2015

Ten days in Vietnam part 4: Mount Fansipan, 2250m to 2800m

December 14, 2014December 14, 2014

Ten days in Vietnam part 1: Hanoi

September 23, 2014September 23, 2014

An island of flowers โ€“ Part 9 (the end): By the mountain and the sea

June 24, 2014June 24, 2014

An island of flowers โ€“ Part 2: the parks of Funchal

June 24, 2013

If it moves, ID it; and if it stays still, ID it too! #BioBlitz! Wisley and Ockham Commons @SurreyWT

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Back from a cold and wet, but flower-filled week of @naturetrek_wildlife_holidays trip to the Vercors in SE France. The meadows were looking glorious, with so much colour ๐ŸŒธ๐ŸŒป๐Ÿชป๐ŸŒผ๐Ÿต๏ธ In Bretagne, must be cider time! Nice tasting @cidreriedugolfe (including that 40 year old bottle!) ๐Ÿป Marais salants #ilederรฉ ๐Ÿง‚ Cute ring ๐Ÿ’Meloe violaceus (Violet Oil Beetle, Mรฉloรฉ violet) Fluffy and cheerful, must be Prunus 'Kanzan' time ๐ŸŒธ Pulsatilla 'Rote Glocke' ('Red Bells') brightening my alpine trough. When the flowers wilt, they turn upwards, revealing the stamens ๐ŸŒธ Luxembourg City looking perfect in the spring sun ๐Ÿ’š Orange tip butterfly looking so perfect on a daffodil stem ๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ’› Super excited to share pictures of this rare daffodil hybrid found on my latest @naturetrek_wildlife_holidays tour in Southern Spain, N. x libarensis. This is a cross between a rock jonquil N. cuatrecasasii and a paperwhite, N. papyraceus (I've added pics of both parents). It was described in 1995, from the exact valley where we found it. It has intermediate characters (pale yellow flowers, larger, wider leaves and flowers between its parents). ๐Ÿ˜

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