Also available in blue. @jillwhitelock.bsky.social

Bulbous buttercup with hairy (soon to be reflexed) #Sepals, Ground ivy, Early dog violet (pointed #Sepals), Cowslips, Springbeauty, Field forget-me-nots, Rue-leaved saxifrage, Coltsfoot and Purple toothwort at @CUBotanicGarden, and Common whitlowgrass at @theUL. #WildflowerHour

#WoodAnemone flowering on The Backs in Cambridge as an introduction, Lesser celandine, Primroses growing in moss as a pavement plant at the side of @theUL and Sweet violet var. dumetorum amongst fallen Alder catkins. #WildflowerHour

An afternoon walk to look for Ivy-leaved toadflax. One little flower found! ‘Introduced to gardens from S Europe. Recorded in the wild by 1640’ (Harrap). #GardenEscapes #WildflowerHour

Coltsfoot, Tussilago farfara, flowering in West Cambridge. #YellowFlowers #WildflowerHour

First Blackthorn blossom, bringing in Spring. #WildflowerHour

Common field speedwell flowering by the roadside in #Ely. #WildflowerHour

A final #TheWinter10. Lesser celandine, Common field speedwell, Common chickweed, Red dead nettle, Groundsel, Dandelion, Common whitlowgrass outside @theUL, Daisy, Comfrey, Ivy-leaved speedwell and Hairy bittercress. #WildflowerHour

First Ivy-leaved speedwell spotted flowering this year. #WildflowerHour

Viola odorata f. lilacina. #WildflowerHour

Daisy portrait. #WildflowerHour

A rather impudent female Hazel flower. #WildflowerHour

Urban Shepherd’s purse. #WildflowerHour

Groundsel, Daisy, Common whitlowgrass, Common field speedwell, Red dead nettle, Lesser celandine, Viola odorata f. lilacina, Greater periwinkle, Shepherd’s purse, Common chickweed and Dandelion. #TheWinter10 #WildflowerHour

Stinking hellebore. #WildflowerHour

Common whitlowgrass flowering on a driveway in Ely. #WildflowerHour

A bright pink Sweet violet. #WildflowerHour

I remembered to go and see how the patch of Viola odorata f. lilacina is getting on. A few more flowers are open now and they’re heart-stoppingly beautiful. #WildflowerHour

Glorious Red dead nettle. 💕 #WildflowerHour

A nibbled Sweet violet. #WildflowerHour

Daisy portrait, outside @theUL. #WildflowerHour