Hi Folks Some more plants for comment courtesy of the great British Spring , the first , brooklime , early specimen stems not yet reddening , The also a...
Colin, The other speedwell is Thyme-leaved, Veronica serpyllifolia. All those pictures, and only one, 18447xx, shows the leaves to which the name refers! The...
Hi Rodney Hope you are enjoying the season. Thank you. I arrived at Burnet rose but must admit the Ivy Leaved Speedwell slipped past , having seen it before as...
not ivy-leaved, Colin, *thyme* leaved :-) Speedwells actaully aren't too bad once you get your eye in, and remember to look at the leaves and fruits as well as...
Hi all - I have posted a couple of shots in my Ryenats folder of a sowthistle that has unusual flowers - pale lilac on the outside and tips of the petals,...
Ay Up Gill !! Some sharp lasses in Rye Nats :) Quite right I realised the typo after I clicked the continue button . Shame on me . Apologies one and all Best...
Hi all, I'm a bit behind with my correspondence so this is a bit disjointed, S. spathulifolium is W.N. American (Stace gives it the common name of Colorado...
Hurrah!, something is possibly being done about the indiscriminate loss of urban trees, but too late to save the majority of the London Plane trees in our...
Hi Folks I have placed in the mystery below a plant entitled Query , I am indecisive on this one Any comments or feedback . A low plant prostrate /upright ,...
Hi Colin, I'd agree a cornsalad, but there are several species distinguished by shape of fruits. V. locusta is the common wild one but I have V.carinata in my ...
Hi Malcolm / John Thank you for your assistance . I have to say that one had me foxed !!! Many thanks again. I wouldnt discount a cultivar as it is from an ad...
Round here (and I suspect generally in the southern counties) the commonest species by far is now Valerianella carinata, although peering at the close-ups of...
Hello Martin Thank you for your comments and keen observations on the Corn Salad Plant Next time I am on that grid I will take a close look at the fruits again...
Just to throw in my thoughts - definitely agree it's a cornsalad, and I think I can detect a slight pinkish hue in one or two of the pics (but not definitely...
Certainly in Maldon in east Essex we have V. carinata which turned up on a site which had once been an allotment, plus another waste ground site in the town. ...
Looks like a cornsalad (Lamb's lettuce, Valerianella). Refer to a book for differences between species: you really need ripe fruits to be certain of these. ...
Hi Folks a query lamiacea for comment , a a rather thirtsy Deadnettle ? http://tech.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/photos/browse/155c? b=92&m=t&o=0 Many...
Thanks Malcolm I took this to be a mint as it had the smell The plant was pictured in bright sunshine on a chalky surface of an old tip yard . The plant was a...
Colin, This one is a meadow-grass, I think, probably Poa trivialis. The other grasses are cocksfoot OK and I'm not at all sure about the other, possibly...
Rodney Many thanks for your comments on the IDs . We all have a bad Botany Day and this one muct be mine :) The photos where a few loose canon riding on...
A Plant for comment http://tech.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/photos/browse/155c? b=93&m=t&o=0 Best Wishes Colin D http://www.ukwildlife.dial.pipex.com...
Thank you Chris I think it may be , but as Rodney says it can be hard to tell from limitted image , thank you for the feedback Best Wishes Colin D ... ...
Thank you Rodney , yes it looked like Charlock to me but the plant seemed bigger , having said that they are probably quite fresh specimens in a Wildlife...
Thanks for your trust and best wishes, Colin, but I am getting out very little this season due to my wife currently not being able to drive to the shops or do...
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