This white Willowherb stood out in the dark, cool, shade of an overgrown footpath #WildflowerHour

Foxglove in the shade on the edge of woodland, Plumpton Green, East Sussex #WildflowerHour

This area used to be regularly mowed at Causeway hospital @NHSCTrust A decision was taken to just mow a path & leave the rest to grow, & what a great decision that was. No planting/sowing required, just halt the mowing to see what treasures will grow! #wildflowerhour

Nice to see Sneezewort and Betony beside a local footpath, Plumpton Green, East Sussex #WildflowerHour

Lathyrus sp., a garden escape now naturalised, and scrambling rather beautifully amongst the grasses at All Saints churchyard, Plumpton Green #WildflowerHour #ClimbingPlants

Honeysuckle and Bindweed mingling in the hedge beside a local footpath, East Sussex #WildflowerHour #ClimbingPlants

Surprised to find Hairy Buttercup growing on the pavement near my house; I've not seen it so locally before #wildflowerhour

Bugle and Selfheal in flower in All Saints churchyard, Plumpton Green #wildflowerhour #ChurchyardFlowers @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social

Common Spotted Orchid, Yellow Rattle, Cow Parsley and Common Knapweed in flower in All Saints churchyard, Plumpton Green #wildflowerhour #ChurchyardFlowers @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social

Some tiny white ones: Lesser Stitchwort, Cleavers, Common Mouse-ear, and a little pink one: Cut-leaved Cranesbill #wildflowerhour #ChurchyardFlowers @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social

From the Rose family: Bramble, Creeping Cinquefoil, Agrimony, Dogrose. All Saints churchyard, Plumpton Green #wildflowerhour #ChurchyardFlowers @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social

Meadow and Creeping Buttercup, All Saints churchyard, Plumpton Green #wildflowerhour #ChurchyardFlowers @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social

Some of the grasses (the ones I could identify!) in All Saints Churchyard, Plumpton Green: Crested Dog's-tail, Quaking Grass, False Oat-grass, Cocksfoot #wildflowerhour #ChurchyardFlowers @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social

A rather lovely Stinking Iris in All Saints churchyard, Plumpton Green #wildflowerhour #ChurchyardFlowers @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social

Ox-eye Daisy and its smaller relative, Common Daisy. All Saints churchyard, Plumpton Green #wildflowerhour #ChurchyardFlowers @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social

Pea family: Red Clover, White Clover, Meadow Vetchling, Black Medick, Bush Vetch and Lesser Trefoil. All in All Saints Churchyard, Plumpton Green #wildflowerhour #ChurchyardFlowers @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social

Complementary colours of Birds Foot Trefoil and Germander Speedwell against a gravestone in All Saints Churchyard, Plumpton Green #wildflowerhour #ChurchyardFlowers @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social

Yellow Daisies for the #ChurchyardFlowers challenge: Rough Hawkbit, Smooth Sowthistle, Catsear, Bristly Oxtongue, Common Ragwort, Nipplewort, Prickly Sowthistle. All Saints churchyard, Plumpton Green #wildflowerhour

I often go to our local churchyard to look for wildflowers for the weekly #wildflowerhour challenge, so am happy that this week's challenge is #ChurchyardFlowers. This is All Saints, Plumpton Green, East Sussex, location for my following posts @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social

Strictly speaking, not all are #LawnFlowers but they're all growing in my garden, some in the lawn, some beside the pond, some in cracks in the path. Id's for collage in alt text #WildFlowerHour

More from my early morning walk on the South Downs near Plumpton: Agrimony, Corn Poppy and Sheep's Sorrel #WildFlowerHour

Quaking Grass on the South Downs #WildFlowerHour

I occasionally see Hound's-tongue on the South Downs - this was in a new location for me #WildFlowerHour

Dropwort - one of my favourite downland species. Fairly common on the South Downs near Plumpton #WildFlowerHour

Bee Orchid - one of 10 in my neighbour's front lawn #WildFlowerHour #OrchidChallenge

A Hawkweed (Hieracium agg.) - very frequent on the South Downs near Plumpton #WildFlowerHour

I went on an early morning orchid hunt on the South Downs near my East Sussex home: Chalk Fragrant, Common Twayblade, Common Spotted and a very late Early Purple #WildFlowerHour #OrchidChallenge

Milkwort in a variety of colours around Ditchling Beacon. #WildflowerHour

One of the showcase flowers on Dungeness NNR at the moment Marsh Cinquefoil (Comarum palustre) flowering near the Wigwams, Long Pits, Dungeness Reappeared after a 30 year absence after some Willow reduction and habitat works #Wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

#WildFlowerShow at East Chiltington church, feat. Smooth Sowthistle seed heads, Bush Vetch, Bulbous & Meadow Buttercup, Red Valerian, Ribwort Plantain, Red Campion, Daisy, Germander Speedwell, Catsear, Ground Ivy, Cow Parsley, Sorrel, Hawksbeard, Red Clover, Ox Eye Daisy, Soft Brome #wildflowerhour

A white-flowered variant of Herb Robert, seen in Newick, and an almost-white Ivy-leaved Toadflax, seen in Lewes #wildflowerhour

A very large-flowered Dewberry, seen near Plumpton College #wildflowerhour

I don't often see Fumitories and when I do I struggle with id's. I saw this on a roadside verge in Newick, East Sussex #wildflowerhour

Red Clover, Pignut and Hemlock Water Dropwort. All seen this week in Plumpton Green #carrotsandpeas #wildflowerhour

Common Vetch #carrotsandpeas #wildflowerhour

Bush Vetch #carrotsandpeas #wildflowerhour

A striking combination of Black Medick and Scarlet Pimpernel. Seen near Plumpton Racecourse, East Sussex #carrotsandpeas #wildflowerhour

Bird's Foot Trefoil flowers are usually bright yellow but sometimes they tend towards orange. I saw both of these in All Saints churchyard, Plumpton Green, East Sussex #carrotsandpeas #wildflowerhour

Swathes of Cow Parsley at St Michael's Churchyard, Plumpton, East Sussex #wildflowerhour #carrotsandpeas

This week's #ButtercupChallenge has provided me with the perfect opportunity to share a photo I took of this wonderful scene - two donkeys immersed in a sea of buttercups! 😍 Also pictured, Bulbous Buttercup (L) with reflexed sepals, and Meadow Buttercup (R) seen on my local walk. #wildflowerhour

Cowslip, Dewberry, Cuckoo Flower, Hawthorn, Pendulous Sedge, Wild Garlic, Bluebell, Bugle, Common Dog Violet - all seen yesterday during a walk from Plumpton Green to Brighton #wildflowerhour

Red Campion and Greater Stitchwort, both in the Campion family, and both in full flower in East Sussex #wildflowerhour

Bush Vetch and Common Vetch, both in flower now #wildflowerhour

Germander and Wood Speedwell (3rd pic is Germander Speedwell on an anthill on the South Downs) #wildflowerhour

Wildflowers from the Carrot family, all seen during a walk from Plumpton Green to Brighton: Sanicle, Hemlock Water Dropwort and Cow Parsley #wildflowerhour

Lots of lovely wildflowers seen during a walk from Plumpton Green to Brighton. Here's 4 from the Daisy family: Goatsbeard, Smooth Sowthistle, Dandelion and Mouse-ear Hawkweed #wildflowerhour

I saw 4 different Buttercups during a walk through meadows, woodland and chalk downland from Plumpton Green to Brighton: Meadow, Goldilocks, Creeping and Bulbous Buttercup #wildflowerhour #ButtercupChallenge

White-flowered Bugle, alongside the more common blue, in All Saints churchyard, Plumpton Green, East Sussex #wildflowerhour

The earliest Wild Carrot I think I've ever seen - at the Cockshut Stream Restoration Project, Lewes, East Sussex. #wildflowerhour

I didn’t have much time for botany this week but I did spot 4 for the #cabbagechallenge: Garlic Mustard, Wavy Bittercress, Cuckoo Flower and Hoary Cress. All seen on roadside verges in North Chailey, East Sussex #wildflowerhour