lilac

Hedgerows encourage birds, mammals, and insects and are easy to integrate into a garden.  this Swedish garden scene shows this priniciple.

California Yerba santa Eriodictyon californicum leaf shape

Hairy Yerba santa leaf shapes E trichocalyx var lanatum, showing margins and venation

Hairy Yerba santa Eriodictyon leaf shapes E trichocalyx var trichocalyx showing margins and venation

Narrow-leaved Yerba santa Eriodictyon angustifolium leaf shape, showing margins and venation

California Yerba santa Eriodictyon californicum with individual flower detail

Hairy Yerba santa Eriodictyon trichocalyx var. lanatum

Hairy Yerba Santa Eriodictyon trichocalyx var trichocalyx

Narrow-leaved yerba santa Eriodictyon angustifolium with individual flower detail

Cuckooflower or Lady’s-smock Cardamine pratensis showing basal rosette, flowers, and young silique seed pods.

Flower showing spreading habit, pale lilac flowers and rounded leaves

Lilac Syringa vulgaris tree pen and ink.  Illustration shows the tree in full bloom.

Lilac Syringa vulgaris tree pen and ink.  Illustration shows the tree in full bloom.

Lilac Syringa vulgaris flowering spike with leaves

Common Blue-sow thistle Cicerbita macrophylla sketchbook page compared to Alpine Sow-thistle Cicerbita alpina. Details of leaf venation, habit sketch, individual ray florets, seed information, and associated comparative details of the Alpine Sow-thistle

Water plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica with details of fruit individual seed and one flower

Wood speedwell Veronica montana showing red stem

Watermint Mentha aquatica in flower

Lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica flower

Wood Blewit Clitocybe nuda three purple fungi at different ages

Field scabious Knautia arvensis with several flowers

Field scabious Knautia arvensis with both leaf shapes shown

Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense showing basal rosette and several thistle flowers

Cornish heath Erica vagans showing dense foliage and individual pale pink flower