Just in time for #tinyflowers for #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social featuring the tiny bit exquisite flowers of birds foot, the tiny flowers of tower mustard, ultra tiny flowers of burr chervil and what I think is early forget-me-not

Naturalised shepherd's needle for #carrotsandpeas #wildflowerhour along with Viola tricolor, prickly poppy and naturalised Adonis annua

Prickly poppy, meadow saxifrage and naturalised shepherds needle are my offerings for #wildflower hour this week.

Sort of near hedges. This week #wildflowerhour offerings include early purple orchid, herb Paris, subterranean clover and toothwort., all Central Bedfordshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

It has to be Pasque flowers on Easter Sunday right? In Bedfordshire. #wildflowerhour

No white flowers today. But the first bluebells have opened in Central Bedfordshire woodland. #wildflowerhour

Going with green hellebore just coming into flower and our native daffodil. Both in different central Bedfordshire woodland. For this week's #wildflowerhour

Our native daffodil, Narcissus pseudonarcissus has started flowering in Central Bedfordshire. Seen on a headtorch run for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

I led this panel tasting that showed how exciting the indigenous reds of the region can be, able to stand tall against anything from around the world. Time to explore beyond the usual fare. #CEEwines #Vranec #vranac #Teran #prokupac #refosco #trnjak #wine

Snowdrops of course for this week's #wildflowerhour. But also Daphne laureola, early whitlow grass and leaf rosettes of the Bedfordshire red data list Potentilla argentea at one of my flora guardian sites

This week for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social my offerings are treacle mustard and annual mercury. Both red data list plants in Bedfordshire, seen on the edge of an allotment. Plus annual knawel making up for a terrible summer, and nearly in flower corn spurrey

My offerings for #wildflowerhour are heather ( Calluna vulgaris) a red data list plant in Bedfordshire and climbing corydalis

Basil thyme (Clinopodium acinos) still in flower and a lonely Viola tricolor ssp tricolor for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Stellaria aquatica is my only offering for this week's @wildflowerhour.bsky.social seen by the river in Burton-upon-Trent

My Sunday offerings for #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social are wild Clary, roundleaved fluellen, sand spurrey and a blurry small toadflax. All Central Bedfordshire, variously on clay, chalk and sand.

Finally found deadly nightshade in the wild. Lovely glossy berries On a verge in Oxford. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

As ever late for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour . Favourite plant finds this year were the tiny lesser twayblade in Yorkshire, thyme broomrape in the Burren and creeping lady's-tresses in Norfolk. #favouritefinds #favouriteplants #ukorchids #broomrape

Long slow botany run today with a few #seedheads of blue fleabane, saw-wort, small teasel & the only violet helleborine not eaten by deer @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Slightly late for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social again. Managed a trip to the car wreck devastation of a quarry near Luton for Chiltern gentians for #gentianfamily Amazing what conditions they survive in.

Much of Hungary’s Duna (or great plain) region once lay beneath the ancient Pannonian Sea ... Caroline Gilby MW reports from the fascinating Szekszárd wine region. https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/hungarys-szekszard-region

A little early so I don't forget @wildflowerhour.bsky.social Highlight of the week has to be Chiltern gentian (Gentianella germanica) . One of its central Bedfordshire sites is full of wrecked cars, rubbish and offroader damage, but the flowers survive. #wildflowerhour

Going with moon carrot ( Seseli libanotis) with lady bird, Anchusa arvenis with an unidentified beetle, skullcap and yellow bird's-nest setting fruit. For #wildflowerhour #pollinatorpals @bsbibotany.bsky.social

A spontaneous trip to Norfolk for creeping lady's-tresses. With bonus Jersey cudweed, Norfolk everlasting pea and sea holly for #bythesea #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Some good ones for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #DeadNettlefamily Featuring young leaf rosette of ground pine (Ajuga chamaepitys), basil thyme (Clinopodium acinos), large-flowered hemp nettle (Galeopsis speciosa) and red hemp nettle (Galeopsis angustifolia) #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Botany run in Central Bedfordshire featuring Venus's looking-glass Legousia hybrida, few flowered fumitory Fumaria vaillantii and moon carrot Seseli libanotis @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Violet Helleborine, sand spurrey, round leaved fluellen and dwarf spurge for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social . All Central Bedfordshire #wildflowerhour #ukorchids #arableweeds

A good article in @thebuyer11.bsky.social about the revolution in Cypriot winemaking. The Ultimate CEE wine fair gets a mention and my masterclass on Cyprus and grapes like Yiannoudi, Promara, Maratheftiko, Morokanella and Xynisteri. #cypruswines #xynisteri #yiannoudi #ceewinefair

Late again, this time due to a stressful mountain rescue situation. Everyone involved is fine now. My offering for #wildflowerhour #HairyPlants is sawwort Serratula tinctoria. Central Beds

@wildflowerhour.bsky.social I totally missed the #HelleborineChallenge on Sunday. My belated offer is some very tiny green-flowered helleborine, clearly suffering from drought. Central Bedfordshire

Purple emperor this morning. Central Bedfordshire

I have another broomrape for #wildflowerhour Clover or common broomrape is my guess for this @christhorogood.bsky.social . Seen at Barton Hills NNR and not far away my flora guardian species Basil thyme. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Spent 4 days looking for this in The Burren. Serendipity of taking the wrong route meant I found it just before leaving for airport. Thyme broomrape I believe @christhorogood.bsky.social

Very proud of being able to organise the Ultimate CEE wine fair 2.0 this week. Joined by amazing winemakers from 17 countries. I left two masterclasses on Iconic wines from the region and also the Cyprus wine story. #ceewinefair #wine

Rather late for #wildflowerhour due to a work event. But can offer sulphur clover on a Bedfordshire road verge and bithynian vetch (this one is self-sown in the garden) for #peafamily and smooth catsear as a bonus @bsbibotany.bsky.social

I've been trying to find rough poppy in flower for years, and today was the day. On chalk in Central Bedfordshire. Plus my first what I believe is woodcock orchid (Ophrys scolopax) from N Greece because it's orchids this week. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Botany run today. The tiniest burnt orchids ever this year - probably due to drought. Plus a lonely fly orchid and lots of white helleborines. And a bonus field fleawort. #ukorchids @ukorchids.bsky.social

Prickly poppy in Central Bedfordshire. It seems to like our sandy soil. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Naturalised rare plants in my arable weed bed (formerly allotment) featuring tower mustard, Viola tricolor plus a young red hemp nettle hanging out with the tiny blue flower of wall speedwell. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #speedwells @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Lesser twayblade for the first time in my life. Sooo tiny and hidden under heather. Early for #HighUpPlants as it's way further north than my usual range (and I'll be up a remote fell on Sunday). So happy to find this in flower. #ukorchids @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

My favourite rose for #rosewednesday Rosa banksiae lutea

Missed #tinyplants with this but better late. Annual knawel just coming into flower Central Beds @bsbibotany.bsky.social

And my other #wildflowerhour plant is Lathraea squamaria. Not a #tinyplant @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Some #tinyplants for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social featuring the tiny flowers of bur chervil, rue-leaved saxifrage, Ranunculus parviflorus and thyme-leaved sandwort growing out of a railway station wall.

Botanist's dilemma. Do I pull out the red hemp nettle seedlings to protect the shepherd's needle? Both self sown from legit seed sources in my garden.

One for #tuliptuesday

Subterranean clover (Trifolium subterranuem) doing well on a nearby horse pasture in Central Bedfordshire. With common cudweed popping up. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Seven waterfalls trail in Istria. With Orchis purpurea and Cephalanthera longifolia #istria #orchids

More Istrian wildlife and views on a break from wine judging. #orchids #Istria #Croatia #Vinistra

Istria vineyard views with Orchis purpurea, 100 year-oldTeran and Motovun as backdrop #orchispurpurea #Istria #teran

In Croatia for @vinistra judging. But botany before wine and my first flowering orchids of the year. Bumblebee, Serapias lingua (I think), green-winged and butterfly. #orchids #istria