
Portland spurge Euphorbia portlandica
Portland spurge Euphorbia portlandica with flower fruit seed and leaf underside

Round-headed Club-rush Scirpoides holoschoenus
With spikelet detail, showing how the upper leaf looks like a continuation of the stem

Lesser Hawkbit Leontodon saxatilis
Lesser Hawkbit Leontodon saxatilis with details of pappas types on two different achenes

Evening primrose Oenothera biennis
With stem detail showing swollen red bases of stem hairs

Sand hill Screwmoss Syntrichia ruraliformis ruraliformis
Sand hill screwmoss Wet specimen showing green starry tips against bronze background

Dry specimen of Sand hill Screwmoss Syntrichia ruraliformis ruraliformis
Dry specimen showing how incurled the moss becomes when not wet

Syntrichia ruraliformis ruraliformis Sand Hill Screwmoss details
Syntrichia ruraliformis ruraliformis fascicle and leaf with hyaline tip

Western eyebright Euphrasia tetraquetra
Western eyebright Euphrasia tetraquetra with leaf & flower detail

Sharp rush Juncus acutus
Sharp rush Juncus acutus with nutlet and inflorescence

Bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella
Bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella showing sprawling habit

Sea stock Matthiola sinuata
Showing seed, pale pink flowers, woolly blue leaves and a seed

Sand pansy Viola tricolor ssp. curtisii
Showing yellow and cream colouration and sprawling, tufted habit

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.

Honeysuckle berries 2 Lonicera pericylmenum
Honeysuckle berries Lonicera pericylmenum with leaves and showing these bright, shiny berries.

Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus with nettles
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus with nettles, log pile, fungi, and butterfly. Illustration from The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity by Alexandre Antonelli

Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum
Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum with Puccinia smyrnii rust on some leaves, and detail of one flower and one seed.

Himalayan Blackberry Rubus armeniacus
Himalayan Blackberry Rubus armeniacus. Sketchbook illustration shows flower, flower cross section, leaf shape and underside, stem, seed, early fruit and seed detail

Yellow horned-poppy Galucium flavum
Yellow horned-poppy Galucium flavum with seed pod

Thrift Armeria maritima
Thrift Armeria maritima with individual flower detail

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

Sheeps bit Jasione montana
Sheeps bit Jasione montana showing plant and individual flower

Sea wormwood Artemesia maritima
Sea wormwood Artemesia maritima with outline showing shape of one lower leaf and flowering spike

Sea Sandwort Honckenya peploides
Sea Sandwort Honckenya peploides showing distinctive stacked leaves and individual flower

Sea rocket Cakile maritima
Sea rocket Cakile maritima with detail of cross section through seed pod