Greater Bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus pendunculatus
Greater Bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus pendunculatus or Lotus uliginosus with calyx detail
Ideal Garden: a garden for nature and the environment
Ideal garden full of things you can do to encourage nature and promote soil health in your garden For more please check out my blog, and the associated blog on how NOT to have an ideal garden.
Butterfly bush Buddleja davidii
Butterfly bush Buddleja davidii sketchbook study sheet, showing details of plant
Giant Goldenrod Solidago gigantea
Giant Goldenrod Solidago gigantea sketchbook study sheet, showing details of plant
Bird’s-foot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus
Completed for Butterfly Conservation. The plant shows flowers and seed pods.
Welsh meadow landscape with Redstart
Welsh meadow landscape with Redstart, buzzard, swallows and lots of butterflies (Gilfach Nature reserve). Numerous animal species illustrated include swallows, hoverfly, grasshopper, and bees. Flowers include knapweed, thistles, buttercup, bedstraws, betony, sedges, and other riverside meadow plants.
Orange Citrus sinensis fruit
Orange Citrus sinensis fruit and half fruit with one leaf
Orange Citrus sinensis tree
Orange Citrus sinensis tree in fruit showing typical growth habit
Wild marjoram Origanum vulgare
Wild marjoram Origanum vulgare pen and ink botanical illustration
Sloe Prunus spinosa sketchbook study
Sloe Prunus spinosa sketchbook study including stuck in leaf and studies of fruit and blossom
Japanese Knotweed Fallopia japonica plant
Japanese Knotweed Fallopia japonica plant including roots underground
Linden or lime tree Tilia x europaea
Linden or lime tree Tilia x europaea pen and ink line drawing with detail
Pollinators bee ant hoverfly on Japanese knotweed Fallopia japonica
Pollinators bee ant hoverfly on Japanese knotweed Fallopia japonica
Japanese Knotweed Fallopia japonica Sketchbook study
Japanese Knotweed Fallopia japonica Sketchbook study
Japanese knotweed Fallopia japonica root crown
Japanese knotweed Fallopia japonica root crown with cross section of root and detail of pink growing tips
Bee balm Monarda sketchbook study
Sketchbook study of a red Bee balm, or Wild bergamot; focusing on the flowers.
Blackthorn or Sloe Prunus spinosa
Blackthorn or Sloe Prunus spinosa, one sprig in blossom and the other bearing fruit
Yellow loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris
Yellow loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris pencil drawing
Wood forget-me-not Myosotis sylvtica
Wood forget-me-not Myosotis sylvtica with pink buds and blue flowers, and showing the hairy leaves
Wild marjoram Origanum vulgare
Wild marjoram Origanum vulgare sprig
Wild carrot Daucus carota
Wild carrot Daucus carota with leaves, flowering head, and distinctive growth habit
White clover Trifolium repens
White clover Trifolium repens showing rooting nodes and pale chevrons on the leaves
Tubular water dropwort Oenanthe fistulosa
Tubular water dropwort Oenanthe fistulosa in amongst grasses with flowering head and seed head, and showing the stem swelling as well as leaves
Sunflower Helianthus annuus
Sunflower Helianthus annuus close up of one flwoer