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Japanese rose Rosa rugosa showing magenta petals, bright green foliage and large red rosehips

Japanese Knotweed Fallopia japonica showing subterranean roots

Japanese Knotweed Fallopia japonica without roots.  Illustration shows details of the small white flowers and winged seed.

Japanese honeysuckle Lonicera japonica showing white flowers, dark green leaves and black berries

Hybrid knotweed Fallopia japonica x Fallopia sachalinensis showing stem, flowers, leaves, and typical growth habit

Stonecrop or New Zealand Pigmyweed Crassula helmsii showing two of its three different growth habits

Spanish bluebell Hyacinthoides hispanica showing pale blue flowers and differences between this and the native Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta.  For more, please see my blog on telling the difference between these species.dark anthers, blue anthers,

Skunk cabbage Lysichiton americanus showing the glossy leaves and yellow lily like flowers.

Shallon Gaultheria shallon showing white flowers, purple berries, and leathery leaves

Sea-buckthorn Hippophae rhamnoides showing pale blue glaucous foliage and cross section of single berry.

Salmonberry Rubus spectabilis showing ripe and unripe fruit along with the decorative bright pink blossoms.  Illustration also shows the clear link between this plant and other Rubus species such as Raspberry and Blackberry

Rhododendron ponticum showing pale violet flowers in full bloom, and the smooth and glossy dark green leaves

Purple Dewplant Disphyma crassifolium showing the succulent leaves tinged red, and the purple daisy-like flowers.

Piri Piri bur Acaena novae-zelandiae with individual detail of flower and seed

Virginia creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia showing suckers, attached suckers, individual flower, and berries

Yellow Azalea Rhododendron luteum in full flower showing the smooth leaves and growth habit of the leaves.

Variegated Yellow Archangel Lamiatrum galeobdolon subsp argentum showing flowers, variegated leaves, and runners

Three cornered Garlic Allium triquetrum with detail of stem cross section, flower, and bud

Snipe flying across a ride clearing in woodland with forestry behind showing how to manage and harvest trees and related prodcuts such as charcoal, coppicing and timber; a distant pool and alder carr gives way to clear fell forestry on distant hills and patchy clearings; in the foreground wild flowers and butterflies are shown growing […]