Sweet cicely - Myrrhis odorata and Bush vetch - Vicia sepium for the #Carrotsandpeas challenge #Wildflowerhour.

My first Mountain Pansy (Viola lutea) of the year #Wildflowerhour

The cuckoo Artist: CF Tunnicliffe (What to look for in Spring, 1961)

Bluebell, Ground Ivy, Red Campion ‘Wild Flowers’(1957) Artists: Edith Hilder, Rowland Hilder

‘Hawthorn’ Trees, 1963. Artist: SR Badmin May Day Bank Holiday Monday

Sweet vernal grass and pignut just starting to flower in the meadows here #Wildflowerhour

Bluebells and climbing corydalis growing on an area where the gorse was cut back last winter. #Wildflowerhour

Bulbous buttercup- Ranunculus bulbosus for the #ButtercupChallenge #Wildflowerhour

Common broom - Cytisus scoparius showing some variation in colouration #Wildflowerhour

‘Buttercup’ Artist: Ronald Lampitt (Plants and How they Grow, 1965)

Germander speedwell, Pignut, faded Oxlip and Bluebells at Bradfield Woods. #WildflowerHour @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social

Fallen branch in woodland near a river that has become covered in moss from which wood sorrel + ferns are growing #Dartmoor #Devon #WildflowerHour

Bilberry and possibly a Bilberry bumblebee from the Stiperstones #Wildflowerhour

A hedgerow laid in January this year, rapidly shooting hawthorn and an understory of climbing corydalis, bluebells and greater Stitchwort #Wildflowerhour #Hedgerowchallenge

“The larch branch is expanding its young green leaves which look like small, green shaving brushes” Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

Early Purple Orchis, Cuckoo-Pint, Wood Sorrel Artists: Edith Hilder, Rowland Hilder

Hawthorn - The first few flowers coming out on a hedge laid two years ago in Shropshire. #Wildflowerhour

Cowslips and dandelions caught by a frost last Monday morning. #Wildflowerhour

Bulbous buttercup - a double flowered form growing very close to the ground on very thin stoney soil. #Wildflowerhour

Cuckoo flower and Garlic mustard for the #CabbageFamily challenge, I’ve spotted the first few orange tip butterflies drifting around so hopefully they will be laying their eggs on either of these important larval food plants. #Wildflowerhour

Ashy mining bee - Andrena cineraria sunning itself on a hazel leaf. #Bees

Bluebells and Greater Stitchwort seem to be dominating the young woodland here at the moment with a smattering of garlic mustard here and there. #Woodlandplants #Wildflowerhour

Goat willow - Salix caprea a wind sculpted specimen growing on common land locally, and the male flowers with pollen glowing in the afternoon sun. #Wildflowerhour

What to Look for in Spring, 1961 Grey wagtails Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

"Life in the Meadow" Shell Guide to Wildlife (1959) Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton

‘Crab Apple’ Trees (1963) Artist: S R Badmin

The first of the Bluebells close to home just starting to flower, others a few hundred feet below are much more advanced #Wildflowerhour

“By the first week of April, the lambs that were born in February are large enough to enjoy springtime games. The blackthorn is now in full blossom.” Writer: EL GrantWatson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

Cowslips in the sunshine after the wind and rain of storm Dave for the #CowslipChallenge #Wildflowerhour

In the orchard Artist: CF Tunnicliffe (The Farm, 1958)

Ladybird Nature Corner. ‘Sallow and Blackthorn’ Trees, 1963 Artist : SR Badmin

Blackthorn and Field Maple spotted this afternoon in local hedgerows #Wildflowerhour #Treeflowers

Hornbeam and Silver Birch both in flower on a sunny Saturday evening #Wildflowerhour #Treeflowers

“Find a hedgerow on a bank and examine just one yard of it. Then make a list of all the different plants you can find in that yard. You will be astonished at the variety” (1965) Artist: Ronald Lampitt Writer: Richard Bowood

Greater Stitchwort-Stellaria holostea the first few flowers opened a few days ago here, a welcome sign of warmer weather and longer days ahead. #Wildflowerhour

“In wild open spaces, on downs or flat marshlands, hares play their springtime games. Often they race at full speed, flipping up sprays of dew as they go; jumping on each other, shaking free and speeding away again” Writer: EL Grant Watson

Today marks the Spring Equinox (from Puffin Picture Book Trees in Britain, 1948) Artist: SR Badmin

“March is the month of Blackthorn, the creamy buds and white flowers exquisite upon their twigs of ebony. It is the month also of daisies, opening their eyes among the grass (daisy means ‘day’s eye’)”

Wood anemone-Anemonoides nemorosa because it seems rude not to take a picture when they are in flower on a sunny day. #Whiteflowers #Wildflowerhour

Box-Buxus sempervirens flowering on a sunny afternoon and supporting a number of early season pollinators. #Wildflowerhour

“Rooks are gathered in their rookeries, rebuilding the nests of last season” Artists: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson (What to Look for in Winter, 1959)

‘Robin’ Artist: Ronald Lampitt (Birds and how they Live, 1965)

I told this Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna, along the banks of the New River that it was still only March, but it didn't seem to care. #WildflowerHour #SignsOfSpring

Wild garlic growing on the base of twin trees in a tributary running down to the River Plym in Holt Wood, Plymouth #Devon #WildflowerHour

Goat willow-Salix caprea a male tree just starting to show hints of pollen on the dew laden catkins #Wildflowerhour

The first Wood anemones-Anemonoides nemorosa in flower on a sunny bank #Wildflowerhour

Gorse-Ulex europaeus always in flower but seems to be liking the longer spring days, many local bushes suffered snow damage in January but it has opened up the understory for the foxgloves! #Wildflowerhour

Mistletoe-Viscum album in flower on an apple tree #Wildflowerhour

Daffodils-Narcissus pseudonarcissus and a soggy Tree Bumblebee on a misty, cool afternoon #Wildflowerhour

“Violet and coltsfoot are among the first Spring flowers. Growing among the roots of the trees are violets and lesser celandine” Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe