Botanical illustration

Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum showing red spotted stems and variable leaf shape

Cannock chase berry Vaccinium x inermedium V. myrtillus x V. vitis-idaea

Sprig of this iconic spring plant with pussy willow catkins coming into flower. Catkins appear before leaves emerge.

Common Poppy Papaver rhoeas with seedhead, top of seedhead, and seed detail

Self heal Prunella vulgaris botanical watercolour illustration

Potato Plant in flower with potatoes growing below the soil.  Plant has grown from a chitted potato.

Great burnet Sanguisorba officinalis with detail of individual flower

Used as the basis for a diagram showing the Carbon cycle. For more on this illustration, check out my blog

Root Tip Diagram showing root cap cells and root hairs for absorption and surrounding soil particles

Potatoes in sack shows a batch of newly dug potatoes in a hessian sack, with some rolling out.

Potato varieries and one green potato about to sprout

Sketch of Potato Solanum tuberosum without annotations or written notes.

Potato Food Products: Chips or French fries, sliced, boiled, baked potatoes, potato chips or crisps

Plums and Custard Fungus tricholomopsis rutilans showing mature and young fruting bodies.  This fungi is distinctive in its purple mottling on a cream background.

Fountain Grass Pennisetum setaceum sketchbook study sheet, showing details of plant

English Scurvygrass Cochlearia anglica botanical watercolour illustration showing details of flower with elongate petals, and the distinctive neck of the fruit

Oregon Grape Mahonia aquifolium sketchbook study sheet, showing details of plant

Yellow Loosestrife Lysimachia punctata sketchbook study sheet, showing details of plant

Butterfly bush Buddleja davidii sketchbook study sheet, showing details of plant

Old Man’s Beard Clematis vitalba sketchbook study sheet, showing details of plant

Giant Goldenrod Solidago gigantea sketchbook study sheet, showing details of plant

Himalayan Knotweed Persicaria polystachum sketchbook study sheet, showing details of plant

Narrow-leaved Ragwort Senecio inaequidens sketchbook study sheet, showing details of plant

Oriental Bittersweet Celastrus orbiculatus sketchbook study sheet, showing details of plant