I'm a huge fan of Sedges, and these are two of our best. Carex rupestris (Rock Sedge) tucked into some rocky ledges and Carex capillaris (Hair Sedge) growing amongst a species rich assemblage on crumbly upland limestone 😍 #wildflowerhour

Huge array of special plants from botanising in Scotland this weekend 😍 Here's just some of the special stuff from Ben Lawers. The Rock Speedwell is a new one for me! #wildflowerhour

3 incredible alpine peas from this weekend 😍 Yellow Oxytropis (Oxytropis campestris) in the stunning Corrie Fee. Purple Oxytropis (O. halleri) and Alpine Milk Vetch (Astragalus alpinus) from their ledges on Ben Vrackie #wildflowerhour

Been looking at Hieracium this week on the northern Limestone. Two really distinctive species: H. brigantum (Yorkshire Hawkweed) with glaucous leaves and big bulbous bases to their hairs). And H. monstrosum with it's large spotted and beautifully toothed leaves #wildflowerhour

Some beautiful plants from this week. A surprise to find Marsh Violet (Viola palustris) still flowering, Thread Rush (Juncus filiformis), Birds Eye Primrose (Primula farinosa) and Leafless Hawksbeard (Crepis praemorsa)! #wildflowerhour

Also popped in to see the Spotted Rock Rose (Tuberaria guttata). Only bit of the Britain this species is known from. 😍 #wildflowerhour

The endemic South Stack Fleawort (Tephroseris integrifolia subsp. maritima) looking fabulous on Holy Island today 😍 #wildflowerhour

A gorgeous day of alpine plants today. Moss Campion and a trio of Saxifrages (Starry, Mossy and Tufted) 😍 Also saw Purple and Alpine who weren't flowering. #wildflowerhour

Small Hares Ear (Bupleurum baldense) 😍 I'd met this species once before on an intentional trip to Devon. More exciting on Jersey was finding a rust on it! Possibly Puccinia bupleuri but that's not been recorded on baldense in Europe before! (Known on B. tenuissimum) @WebsWild

Puccinia thesii (Bastard Toadflax Rust) on Thesium humifusum (Bastard Toadflax) 😍 Been looking for this for a long time and probably checked 100 plants at this site before I found it! Just two infected patches seen in a huge population. @WebsWild

Lots of gorgeous peas seen on Jersey last week, here's just a few. Small Melilot (Melilotus indicus), Reversed Clover (Trifolium resupinatum), Clustered Clover (T. glomeratum) and Subterranean Clover (T. Subterraneum) 😍

Some of the beautiful flora seen in the New Forest this week. Narrow Leaved Lungwort (Pulmonaria longifolia - a new one for me!), Pillwort (Pilularia globulifera), Petty Whin (Genista anglica) and Taraxacum ciliare (i'm pretty sure). #wildflowerhour

Jersey Forget-me-not (Myosotis sicula) at it's only known site in the British isles, at the edge of a small pool near the coast here on Jersey #wildflowerhour

Some fab neophytes yesterday morning. Mousetail Plant (Arisarum proboscideum), Yellow Dodder (Cuscuta campestris) and JoJo Weed (Cotula sessilis), then finished the day with Yellow Vetchling (Lathyrus aphaca) on the Portsmouth chalk 😍

Visited a very special and gorgeous old woodland today. Some of the star plants for me: Spurge Laurel (Daphne laureola), Sanicle (Sanicula europaea) and a huge patch of Herb Paris (Paris quadrifolia) 😍 #wildflowerhour

Was up north for the first @LimestonePP conference a few days ago. Nice to see so much Carex digitalis on the pavements. Also stopped in to check on the golf course Carex ericetorum. A gorgeous bit of grassland with flowering Spring Cinquefoil for company 😍 #wildflowerhour

Green Winged (Anacamptis morio) and Early Purple (Orchis mascula) Orchids putting a fab show on in the lots. Nice to see Spring Cinquefoil (Potentilla verna) too although weather wasn't conducive to any open flowers. #wildflowerhour

Gorgeous visit to Arnside Knott earlier in the week. Viola rupestris doing really well, more plants than I've ever seen there and lots flowering in cages. Growing with good numbers of Rare Spring Sedge (Carex ericetorum) and Spring Sedge (C. caryophyllea) #wildflowerhour

Few more gorgeous Orchids from Arrabida. Man Orchid (Orchis anthropophora), Woodcock Orchid (Ophrys scolopax), Naked Man Orchid (Orchis italica) and Sombre Bee Orchid (Ophrys fusca) 😍 @EuropeanOrchids

Had a gorgeous time botanising in Portugal. The Mirror Orchids (Ophrys speculum) really are some of the most stunning plants I've ever met 😍