plant guide

Crested Dog’s-tail grass Cynosurus cristatus with written name

Crested Dog’s-tail grass Cynosurus cristatus 2 botanical illustration

Cock’s-foot grass Dactylis glomerata with written name

Cock’s-foot grass Dactylis glomerata 2 showing grass with shoots in full flower.

Yorkshire Fog Holcus lanatus grass with written name in hand painted watercolour text

Yorkshire Fog Holcus lanatus grass with annotations and name.  Parts include culm, inforescence or panicle, leaf blade, nodes, and internode.

Yorkshire Fog grass Holcus lanatus 2 with striped pink culms and soft green grass blades

Named Grasses with annotation of grass anatomy: False Oat, Crested Dogs-tail, Cocks-foot, and Yorkshire Fog

Grasses: False Oat Arrhenatherum elatius, Crested Dogs-tail Cynosurus cristatus, Cocks-foot Dactylis glomerata, and Yorkshire Fog Holcus lanatus.

False Oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius with written name botanical illustration

False Oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius botanical illustration  

Sweet Pea flower Lathyrus grandiflorus without leaves

Sketches of pale pink flowers including cyclamen quick colour test and demo for students

Silverberrry Autumn olive Oleaster Elaeagnus umbellata sketchbook study

Sage Salvia officianalis sketchbook study showing leaf and flower and tonal study of leaf texture

Rowan Sorbus aucuparia sprig with berries and blossom

Periwinkle Vinca major flower sketch concentrating on the blues of the petals.

Dwarf Echium Pride of Madeira Echium candicans sketch

Birds foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus with seed pod and individual flower and calyx

Astilbe chinensis sketchbook study with habit sketch and detail of pink and white form

Strawberry tree Arbutus unedo sketchbook study with detail of fruit and half fruit

Staghorn Sumac Rhus glabra sketchbook study with detail of individual flowers

Sedum Ice plant Stonecrop Hylotelephium spectabile sketchbook study

Oregon Grape Mahonia aquifolium sketchbook study showing yellow flowers and spreading habit of the branches, with holly-like leaves