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Wood Sorrel Oxalis acetosella with stolon, flowers, and leaves

White waterlily Nymphaea alba flower against a darker floating lily leaf, pencil

Wildflower border roughly following seasonal growth with hellebore, anenome, bluebell and daffodil showing spring; winter aconite, witch hazel, and snowdrops for winter; scabious, foxglove, dog rose, knapweed, poppy, terasel, fringed waterlily and a painted butterfly for summer; mistletoe, Ivy with a spider, violets, holly, primrose, and a hoverfly also make an appearance

Tufted hair grass Deschampsia caespitosa with ligule, spikelet, lemma, and leaf cross section showing how each blade is rolled up

Violet Viola riviniana plant

Wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa with ligule, spikelet, and lemma detail

Small scabious Scabiosa columbaria with flower detail and showing vegetative growth along a stolon

Snowball tree Viburnum opulus sterile with detail of individual flowers

Pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis

Pendulous sedge Carex pendulosa with ligule, stigmas, and fruit

Phlox flowering head

Meadow with wild flowers and insects and lark in the sky above, showing fertilized grassland without any other species then a gradual increase in flowers and other species until, in unimproved grassland, you have lots of wild flowers and associated insects, snails, and loveliness

Marsh helleborine Epipactis palustris growing in grass

Marsh valerian Valeriana dioica showing different leaf shapes and rooting nodes along with flowers

Harebell Campanula rotundifolia showing linear and round leaves

Harebell Campanula rotundifolia with lonf and round leaves on show

Greater stitchwort Stellaria holostea with rooting nodes and flowers along with elongate leaves

Bittersweet Solanum dulcamara with distinctive purple and yellow flowers and one bright red berry

Forget me not Myosotis sketchbook study concentrating on the blue flowers and details of how these are carried in relation to the seed pods, an accompanying sprig is shown in detailed pencil

Oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare study with enlarged detail of one flower showing the golden centre and slightly damaged white petals, a whole plant is drawn to the left of this with one leaf in detailed pencil tone and another in full colour, along with a section of the stem

Sweet pea Lathyrus odoratus study of the dark purple form of the flower with pale green stem and associated tendrils, there are also some colour swatches and a study of the placement of the flower veins on the blossom