spring

Sprig of Goat willow Salix caprea showing leaves with pale undersides

Goat willow Salix caprea completed for a rewilding project

Water forget-me-not Myosotis scorpiodes showing growth habit

Sprig of this iconic spring plant with pussy willow catkins coming into flower. Catkins appear before leaves emerge.

Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines butterfly on Cuckoo flower Cardamine pratense side view

Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines butterfly.  Illustration shows male butterfly with wings open.

Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines butterfly with Cuckoo-flower Cardamine pratensis.  Illustration shows male butterfly with wigs open, and another with wings folder closed on the host plant Cuckoo-flower (or Ladies’ smock)

Magnolia flower Magnolia grandiflora, single flower.

Monocot plant variety with seedling.  Plants shown are: Soft-leaved or Mountain sedge Carex montan, Meadow saffron Colchium autumnale, Fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsed, Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, Wood rush Luzula sylvatica, and Sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum

Monocot plant variety featuring numerous monocots such as rush, grass, bluebell, sedge, and crocus.

Bluebell sketch Hyacinthoides non-scripta showing blue flowers and strap-like 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

Blackthorn Sloe Prunus spinosa pen and ink illustration showing fruit and blossom on a spiny branch with watercolour wash

Spring squill Scilla verna botanical illustration by Lizzie Harper showing large bulb

Primrose Primula vulgaris plant showing pale underside and darker top of leaves

Cherry Prunus avium pen and ink botanical illustration.

Daisy Bellis perennis pen and ink illustration with details of the ray and disc florets

Orange Tip butterfly Anthocharis cardamines with outstretched wings cut to white

Wood forget-me-not Myosotis sylvtica with pink buds and blue flowers, and showing the hairy leaves

Wood anenome Anemone nemorosa lone flower with dark green leaf

Wild daffodil Narcissus pseudonarcissus straight on and in side view

Wood anenome Anemone nemorosa pencil drawing