suckers

Black locust or False acacia Robinia pseudoacacia study sheet

Notes & illustration of False acacia or Black locust Robinia pseudoacacia with details of flower and pods

Sketchbook study of Bridewort Spiraea salicifolia showing details of the plant and flowers

Bridewort Spiraea salicifolia study sheet with written notes showing plant, habit sketch, and details of flower

False acacia or Black locust Robinia pseudoacacia with flower and seed pod detail

Bridewort Spiraea salicifolia botanical illustration showing flowering spike and leaves

Pen and ink illustration completed for Montserrat National Trust

Love vine Cassytha filiformis completed for Montserrat National Trust

Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus sketchbook study sheet, showing details of plant

Close up detail of the suckers on an Octopus tentacle Illustration from “30 Animals that made us Smarter” by Patrick Aryee (BBC Books)

Bay sucker Lauritrioza alacris psyllid on Bay Laurus nobilis

Sea Buck-thorn Hippophae rhamnoides shrub pen and ink with colour wash

Sea Buckthorn shrub Hippophae rhamnoides.  Pen and ink illustration shows elongate leaves, low shrubby growth habit, and berries.

Tree of Heaven Ailanthus altissima sketchbook study page and habit sketch

Tree of Heaven Ailanthus altissima habit drawing showing mature tree in flower

Tree of Heaven Allanthus alitissima  comparing bark of mature tree (on left) with young tree (on right)

Tree of Heaven AIlanthus alitissima bark of old tree showing grey colour and deep fissures

Tree of Heaven AIlanthus alitissima bark of young tree showing heart shaped leaf scar

False acacia Robinia pseudoacacia with detail of the grey bark and of one opened seed pod

Japanese rose Rosa rugosa showing magenta petals, bright green foliage and large red rosehips

Virginia creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia showing suckers, attached suckers, individual flower, and berries

Wild service tree Sorbus torminalis with white flowers and an autumn leaf with fruit