early flowering

Cow Parsley sketchbook study sheet.  Detail of seed head, flowers, and leaves and roots are shown.

Cow Parsley sketchbook study sheet with written notes.  Detail of seed head, flowers, and leaves and roots are shown.

Habit sketch of Cow parsley Anthriscus sylvatica with hollow stem & leaf attachment detail

Cow parsley Anthriscus sylvaticus Habit sketch showing entire plant.

Spring squill Scilla verna botanical illustration by Lizzie Harper showing large bulb

Sloe Prunus spinosa sketchbook study including stuck in leaf and studies of fruit and blossom

Hairy bittercress Cardamine hirsuta in pen and ink with flower and seed detail

Blackthorn or Sloe Prunus spinosa, one sprig in blossom and the other bearing fruit

Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis pencil drawing

Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis with one flower

Hairy Bittercress Cardamine hirsuta with basal rosette of leaves, flowers, seed pods, and one dehising to show how the seeds are spread

Early dog violet Viola reichenbachiana with several flowers, and opne seed pod, and showing the basal growth

Early purple orchid Orchis mascula with purple flowers and spotted leaves

Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara five flowering spikes, three in full flower and the distinctive round toothed leaf

Blackthorn Prunus spinosa with a sprig showing spine, leaf and fruit and the other sprig showing blossom