Tyne2Tees: Flowers

Thursday, 23 January 2020

January in Flower

Christmas Rose

Initially I identified this as Green Hellebore but thanks to PH's wife my ID was corrected. I did guess it might be a cultivated form.

All these flowering plants were in the Marine Park, South Shields.

Fly Sp?

A warm (12oC) brought out lots of insects and the birds were in full song. Unfortunately they might be in for a shock if the weather turns colder.

Winter Aconite

Winter Heliotrope

Mahonia sp?

Viburnum Sp?

Garrya

Silk Tassel Bush?

Greater Periwinkle

(Newbiggin)

Hoverfly

As you can see I'm not too good with garden plants. I must get myself a 'field' guide.

Sunday, 17 July 2016

Decided to take a bit more time this week, brushing up my plant identification. My patch (East Chevington ... mainly) goes from the beach through dune slack to reclaimed opencast. One small patch, within the opencast, was preserved due to the Lesser Butterfly Orchid.

I managed to ID about 100 species and at least 50 more were photographed hoping ID would be possible later. Next week I plan to take a hand lens to look for some extra detail? Below is a selection of some of the common species (more to follow). [Let me know if the ID is incorrect ... always happy to be corrected.]