Gardening

Lily of the valley growing in a large old terra cotta flower pot

Water lily leaf showing damage from caterpillars of china mark moth who nibble the edges of the leaves and make folded floating ods from the leaves. Blue water background and inset detail of the caterpillar,

Rosemary beetles on rosemary showing metallic markings, cut to white

Leaves and bud and flower of a rose covered wuith powdery mildew and mould, and causing discolouration of the leaves

Wren Trodlodytes troglodytes cut to white watercolour illustration

Dandelion Taraxacum luteum showing appressed bracts and unstriped reverse of ligules

Autumn squill Prospero or Scilla autumnalis illustrated for South Devon National Landscape

Date palm Phoenix dactylifera tree illustrated for the Global Crop Diversity Trust

Bloody cranesbill Geranium sanguineum completed for FSC

Inflorescence of Cosmos bipinnatus or Mexican aster

Corn marigold Glebionis segetum in meadow, seed packet design

Thale cress Arabidopsis thaliana illustrated for Field Studies Council Urban Plants of Scotland fold-out guide

Smooth sow-thistle Sonchus oleraceus illustrated for Field Studies Council Urban Plants of Scotland fold-out guide

Shepherds purse Capsella bursa-pastoris illustrated for Field Studies Council Urban Plants of Scotland fold-out guide

Purple toadflax Linaria purpurea illustrated for Field Studies Council Urban Plants of Scotland fold-out guide

Hybrid bluebell Hyacinthoides x massartiana illustrated for Field Studies Council Urban Plants of Scotland fold-out guide

Annual meadow grass Poa annua illustrated for Field Studies Council Urban Plants of Scotland fold-out guide

Bermuda grass Cynodon dactylon with details of ligule and spikelet

Daisy Bellis perennis  Completed for FSC “Discover Wildflowers” fold out identification guide

Daisy Bellis perennis with ray and disc floret detail Completed for FSC “Discover Wildflowers” fold out identification guide

Black locust or False acacia Robinia pseudoacacia study sheet

Notes & illustration of False acacia or Black locust Robinia pseudoacacia with details of flower and pods

Amelanchier spicata Dwarf serviceberry sketchbook study sheet

Notes & illustrations on the Japanese beetle Popillia japonica study sheet showing life stages and damage