flowers
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Species name: Cardamine pratensis + Bombus pascuorum The cuckoo flower is a native perennial flowering plant which can grow up to 45cm tall in the springtime in the UK. It is apart of the Brassicaceae family, which is made up mostly of herbaceous plants, which are vascular, with no woody stem, are mostly pollinated by… Read more
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Species name: Galanthus nivalis The snowdrop is a type of wildflower which often blooms in January and flowers until March with a widespread distribution across the UK, with it being able to flower in grasslands, freshwater ecosystems, wetlands, woodlands, towns and gardens. They can be identified by their nodding white flowers, with three petals, on… Read more
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Wildflower hour is between 8-9pm on a Sunday, where people share flowers they have found across Britian and Ireland on social media with the hashtag #WildFlowerHour. This began in 2015, when the founder, Isabel, asked the Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland (BSBI) to help promote this idea. It was created to try and make… Read more
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