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BLUE WILD FLOWER GALLERY FLOWER COLOUR Comparison Page, |
BLUE WILD FLOWER GALLERY Lists of:- Flowering plants of Chalk and Limestone Page 1 Flowering plants of Acid Soil |
BLUE WILD FLOWER GALLERY Habitat Lists:- |
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BROWN WILD FLOWER GALLERY |
B & T World Seeds Paguignan, 34210 Aigues Vives, France can supply seeds world-wide from over 35,000 different plants. John Chambers Wildflower Seed supplies native British produced wildflower seed from its John Chambers Wildflowers Brochure and its Green-tech Specifier Wildflowers Seeds with delivery to England, Scotland and Wales. American Meadows Quick Guide to Wildflowers contains complete planting instructions, how much seed you need, and wildflower searches by color, height, moisture and light requirements with delivery of live plants, bulbs and seeds to USA only, but only its seeds to Canada. |
"SEASONS AND MONTHS SPRING SUMMER AUTUMN WINTER " from The Wildlife Garden Month-by-Month by Jackie Bennett. Published by David & Charles in 1993 (ISBN 0 7153 0033 4). |
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See Wildflower Common Name Index link Table ON A PAGE for more wildflower of the UK common names - from Adder's Tongue to the Goosefoot Family - together with their names in languages from America, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. |
Wild Flowers as They Grow- Photographed by H. Essenhigh Corke, text by G. Clark Nuttall. Published by Cassell and Company, Ltd in 7 separate books between 1911 and 1914 contains information about UK Native Wildflowers with 1 per chapter. I have summarised some of these chapters and put those into this website, but most will simply have a reference to which book it is in for you to read it yourself. |
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Common Name Flower Photo |
Botanical Name Flowering Months Flowers Photo
Sections from edition 2 of the Plant Crib, with some updated sections from the planned edition 3, are kindly made available by Plant Crib co-editor Dr Tim Rich of Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland:- |
Height x Spread in inches (cms) WildFlower Family Page Foliage Photo |
Flower Colour Habitat Native in:- Form Photo |
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Form for Wildflowers:- Mat-forming These Forms are used for Bulbs with Herbaceous and Evergreen Perennials.
Shape for Evergreen Shrubs:- These Forms and Shapes are also used for Deciduous and Evergreen Shrubs and Trees. |
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Fine-leaved Sandwort
Flower Mountain Sandwort |
Minuartia tenuifolia
Flower Buds The above 4 small photos were taken by Ron or Christine Foord |
7 x 24 Pink Family
Foliage
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This annual grows on light soils in dry places. Its natural habitat is dry, rocky, calcareous grassland on chalk and limestone. However, it is more frequent in artificial habitats such as abandoned arable fields, quarries, old walls, trackways, railway banks and sidings. Mainly lowland, but reaching 400 m at Langcliffe in the Craven Pennines (Mid-W. Yorks.). Native in Western Europe, South-East Europe (except in Albania) Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Soviet Union: introduced into Ireland, Denmark and Austria. |
Soil - Dry rocky or stony places, walls, railway-tracks, sandy arable fields, Southwards from York, Derby, Flint and Caernarvon, especially in Eastern England, on chalk and limestone in the Southern England; Southern and Central Ireland. Plant Type - Hairless Annual with a slender tap-root and slender erect or ascending stems 2-8 inches, branched especially below. Foliage - Light Green, crowded below, distant above, linear-subulate acute, 3-veined near the enlarged base, often recurved. Flower Colour in Month(s). Seed - White in May-June followed by oblong seed capsules containing seeds of 0.02 inches.
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Bog Sandwort |
Minuartia stricta |
Pink Family |
A loosely tufted but slender perennial herb that has only ever been known in Britain from Widdybank Fell, where it grows in open, gravelly flushes and eroding margins of sikes on metamorphic sugar limestone. The plant is not a strong competitor and is mainly associated with hummock-forming mosses and species such as Carex capillaris, Juncus triglumis, Minuartia verna and Primula farinosa. Upland, from 490 to 510 m on Widdybank Fell (Co. Durham). Native in Northern Europe and arctic Europe. |
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Spring Sandwort
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Flower being pollinated by fly |
Minuartia verna May onwards
Foliage
Soil - Dry calcareous rocks (chalk/flint), screes and pastures, and often abundant on the rocky debris of old lead workings, through the West and North of Great Britain from Cornwall and Somerset through North Wales to the Pennines and Lake District, then through Scotland northwards to Banff; Shetland; Northern Ireland; Clare and Aran Isles. Plant Type - Cushion-forming perennial with fairly stout tap-root and a branching almost woody stock from which tufts of ascending flowering and non-flowering shoots arise. Flowering shoots are hairy. |
3 x 12 Pink Family
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Foliage - A mat of 3-veined linear mid green 0.5 inch long leaves. Flower Colour in Month(s). Seed - White in May-September followed by tiny seeds. Comment - Visited chiefly by flies as shown!
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It is a perennial, basicolous, cushion-forming herb, characteristic of Carboniferous limestone districts where it is found in short grassland, on scars, on limestone pavement and scree. It also grows on base-rich volcanic rock in N. Wales and basalt in N. Ireland, on metal-rich soils, including those derived from serpentine, and on mining spoil. It prefers open sites with reduced competition, but may suffer from drought in very exposed conditions. Although seldom above 600 m, it has been recorded at 875 m on Snowdon (Caerns.). Native and mostly in mountains of Europe, except in the north.
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Lesser Snapdragon
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Misopates orontium July onwards
Flowers The above 4 small photos were taken by Ron or Christine Foord |
Figwort - Mulleins Family
Foliage |
A spring-germinating annual of light soils, found in arable and other cultivated ground including among horticultural crops, and in gardens and waste places. It reproduces by seed, but cold, wet summers inhibit its germination and growth.
Form Native in all Europe (except in Iceland): introduced into Norway and Finland. |
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Three-Veined Sandwort
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Moehringia trinervia
Flowers
Soil - Woodland on well-drained nitrate-rich mull soils and hedgebanks throughout Great Britain and Ireland but not in the Inner and Outer Hebrides, Orkney or Shetland. Plant Type - Weak straggly downy annual with slender diffusely branching shoots prostrate or ascending. Foliage - Ovate acute 3-veined mid green. |
12 x 12 Pink Family
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Flower Colour in Month(s). Seed - White in May-June followed by black seeds in a globular capsule. Comment - Visited by small flies and beetles, and automatically self-pollinated.
These photos were taken by Ron or Christine Foord |
An annual of open, often moist, ground, generally found in woodland but also in shaded hedge banks, and rarely in unshaded places such as on walls and railway banks. It favours slightly acidic substrates, and there is a slight preference for warmer slopes in woodland, which hastens the successful completion of the plant`s life-cycle. 0-425 m (Mallowdale Fell, W. Lancs.). Native in all Europe, except in Iceland. |
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Upright Chickweed |
Moenchia erecta |
Pink Family |
This annual grows on summer-droughted soils in tightly-grazed grasslands and heaths, on cliff-tops, pathsides, coastal dunes and sandy shingle, usually in open patches where competition is limited. It is also found in quarries and sand-pits, and on other disturbed ground. Generally lowland, but reaching 410 m at Widecombe, Dartmoor (S. Devon). Native and widespread in Central Europe and Southern Europe. |
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Purple Moor Grass Used within lifecycle of Butterfly Scotch Argus, |
Grass 3 Family |
This deciduous perennial herb is found in a wide range of habitats, especially open heaths, moors, bogs and fens, but also in open birchwoods, mountain grassland and cliffs and stony lake margins. It is found on mildly basic to strongly acidic peats and mineral soils which are permanently or seasonally wet. Native in all Europe. |
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One-flowered Wintergreen
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Moneses uniflora
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Wintergreen Family
Foliage These photos were taken by Ron or Christine Foord. |
A mycorrhizal, evergreen perennial herb, spreading by rhizomes within leaf litter and bryophytes in ericaceous dwarf shrub communities of old pine plantations, rarely now in native Pinus sylvestris forests. The solitary flower is insect-pollinated, but recruitment from seed is rare and most propagation is vegetative. Native in much of Europe, except in Portugal, Ireland, Belgium, Holland, Iceland, Greece and Turkey. |
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Yellow Birdsnest
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Monotropa hypopitys
Flowers The above 4 small photos were taken by Ron or Christine Foord |
Birds-Nest Family
Foliage |
A saprophytic perennial herb of leaf litter in shaded woodlands, most frequent under Fagus and Corylus on calcareous substrates, and under Pinus on more acidic soils. It also grows in damp dune-slacks, where it is usually associated with Salix repens.
Form Native in most of Europe, except in Iceland, Albania and Turkey. |
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Blinks
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Montia fontana April onwards
Flower The above 4 small photos were taken by Ron or Christine Foord |
12 x 12 Purslane Family
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An annual to perennial herb of acidic or neutral, seasonally or permanently wet places, including springs and flushes, where it often grows in bryophyte-rich communities, the sides of lakes, rivers and streams, damp tracks and paths and winter-moist sand or gravel. Native in all Europe, except in Alabania and Turkey.
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Soil - Stream-sides, springs, flushes, wet places amongst rocks, moist pastures not on chalk (calcareous) substrata; also in arable fields in South-West England. Common in Southern England. Seed Capsules from Widdybank Fell in June.
Flower Bud Open from Widdybank Fell in June. |
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Perfoliate Claytonia
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Montia perfoliata April-July
Flowers The above 4 small photos were taken by Ron or Christine Foord |
3-12 x 12 Purslane Family
Foliage |
An annual of open, sandy, disturbed ground, occurring as a weed in farmland and in gardens, and also under light shade, such as Breckland pine-belts. It is absent from wet and ill-drained soils and from limestone. Lowland. Native of North America: introduced into Western Europe (Except in Spain and Ireland), Denmark, Germany, Switzerland and Hungary.
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Form Soil - Open light sandy soils in cultivated, disturbed and waste ground throughout Great Britain. |
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Pink Claytonia
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Claytonia alsinoides
Flowers The above 4 small photos were taken by Ron or Christine Foord |
6-15 x 24 Purslane Family
Foliage
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An annual to perennial herb of damp, bare sites, often found in open woodlands or hedgerows, or by shaded streams from where it may be washed downstream to new sites. Native of North America: sometimes naturalized in Europe.
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Single leaf in May
Flower Buds Closed from Dartmoor in May
White Flowers in May.
Soil - Damp woods, shaded stream-sides, especially on sandy soil scattered through Western and Northern Great Britain from Devon and Hampshire northwards to Aberdeen and Inverness; Inner Hebrides; Ireland (Donegal). |
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Common Grape Hyacinth (Grape Hyacinth, "The strong blue colour attracts a wide range of butterflies, including totoiseshells, brimstones and peacocks who feed on the nectar. Include the Muscari botryoides in rock gardens and for planting along the edges of paths. Height 6 (15)." from The Wildlife Garden Month-by-Month by Jackie Bennett. Published by David & Charles in 1993 (ISBN 0 7153 0033 4).
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Muscari neglectum Deep blue flowers in April-May Outdoor Culture - Soil, deep, sandy loam. Position, sunny beds, borders or rock gardens. Plant, Aug-Nov, in lines or masses. Depth for planting - small hardy bulbs 2 inch (5 cm) deep and 1 inch (2.5 cm) apart; large bulbs 4 inches (10 cm) deep and 3-4 inches (7.5-10 cm) apart. Mulch with decayed manure, Nov. Lift, divide and replant every third year.
Propagation - By seeds sown 0.625 inches (1.5 mm) deep in light sandy soil in boxes or cold frames, or outdoors in Sep; offsets from old bulbs removed when lifting and planted as advised for full-sized bulbs. Seedlings flower when 3 to 4 years old. |
8 x Lily Family 3-6 linear bright green channeled leaves often red at base. Pot Culture - Compost, 2 parts sandy loam, 1 part leaf-mould, or well-decayed cow manure, and 1 part river sand. Pot, Aug-Nov, placing 18 to 20 small bulbs, 1 inch (2.5 cm) apart, in a 5 inch (12.5 cm) pot; or 3-5 large-sized bulbs 1 inch deep in similar pots. Position - under layer of cinder ashes from time of potting till growth commences, then in cold frame, cool greenhouse, or window till past flowering, afterwards in sunny spot outdoors. Water moderately from time growth commences till foliage fades, then keep dry. Repot annually. Apply weak stimulants once or twice during flowering period. |
A bulbous perennial herb on free-draining soils, native or long-naturalised in grasslands, hedgerows, pine plantations and rough ground, and on roadsides on a wide range of nutrient-poor soils. It is also a short-lived garden escape or outcast near habitation, on roadsides, allotments and waste ground. Lowland. Rare in East Anglia and Oxford. Grassland for Muscari neglectum and Gardens for Garden Grape-hyacinth Muscari armeniacum See illustration on Page 158 in Wild Flowers by Colour by Marjorie Blamey. Published in 2005 by A&C Black. Muscari neglectum photo in Alpine House at RHS Garden in Wisley taken on 18 February 2015 by Chris Garnons-Williams. Native in most of Europe (except in Northern Europe, Ireland and Holland): introduced into Germany. |
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Wall Lettuce |
Mycelis muralis
Flowers Photo from near the river Ahr in Germany by Michael Becker. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. |
Daisy Catsears Family |
A winter-green perennial herb of shaded walls, rock outcrops and hedge banks, and in woodland, wood margins and scrub, especially on chalk and limestone but also on acidic rocks in some areas. In the Burren (Co. Clare) it occurs on open limestone pavement. Native in all Europe (except in Portugal and Iceland): introduced into Ireland. |
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Myosotis alpestris Flowers in Jul-Aug |
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A perennial herb found in two contrasting habitats: heavily-grazed limestone grassland on base-rich well-drained soils in the Pennines, and both on and below mica-schist ledges on ungrazed cliffs in Perthshire, often in open communities. Reproduction is by seed. Grows best in rock crevices and scree gardens in full sun or part shade needing a gritty soil that retains moisture
From Plate 60 of The Concise British Flora in Colour by W. Keble Martin. Published by George Rainbird in 1965.
Native in much of Europe and Iceland, Except in Northern Europe, Portugal, Ireland, Belgium, Holland and Turkey. |
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Common Forget-me-not
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Grey-blue or pinkish, usually saucer-shaped flowers, the petal-like corolla-lobes shorter than the tube. Fruit-stalks longer than the calyx which has numerous spreading hooked hairs from April onwards
Flowers The above 4 small photos were taken by Ron or Christine Foord |
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Grey-Blue or pinkish An annual or biennial herb of open or disturbed ground, especially cultivated fields. Other habitats include woodland edges, open grassland, hedges, scrub, roadsides, walls and quarries.
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Flower picture on Page 155 in Wild Flowers by Colour by Marjorie Blamey. Published in 2005 by A&C Black. Propagation - By seeds sown 0.612 inches (1.5 mm) deep outdoors in spring or summer. Position - as edgings to or in masses in partially shaded beds or borders in ordinary soil. Native in all Europe.
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Northern Water Forget-me-not |
Myosotis brevifolia Very pale blue flowers from June onwards, 0.20 inches (5 mm) across, and calyx toothed to half-way or more with broad blunt teeth. |
Borage Family |
A perennial herb growing by rills and along base-rich spring-lines and flushes. Local in the Northern Pennines and Southern Lowlands of Great Britain. |
See illustration on Page 155 in Wild Flowers by Colour by Marjorie Blamey. Published in 2005 by A&C Black. Culture - Soil, ordinary. Position - as edgings to or in masses in partially shaded beds or borders. Plant - October, February or March, 4-6 inches (10-15 cm) apart. These are best treated as biennials - namely, raised from seed sown outdoors in April, May or June and transplanted into the beds or borders in Octtober to flower the following year. Propagation - By seeds sown 0.0625 inches (1.5 mm) deep outdoors in spring or summer; cuttings inserted in sandy soil under hand-light in June or July; division of roots in March or October. |
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Tufted Forget-me-not |
(Myosotis lingulata, Myosotis uliginosa, Myosotis laxa) June onwards |
Borage Family |
An annual or biennial herb of wet ground, often growing in open places trampled by livestock or where there has been other disturbance. It occurs in marshes, fen-meadows, rush-pastures, and by lakes, ponds, canals, rivers and streams. Native throughout Europe. |
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Changing Forget-me-not
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Myosotis discolor Mature to Grey-blue, 5 petal, flowers in May onwards
Flowers The above 4 small photos were taken by Ron or Christine Foord |
See entry in Borage family page
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An annual of open grassland and disturbed ground occurring in a wide range of habitats, including fen- and hay-meadows, pastures, moorland edges, marshes, dune-slacks, arable field margins, road verges, railway tracks, chalk- and gravel-pits, rocks and walls.
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See illustration on Page 155 in Wild Flowers by Colour by Marjorie Blamey. Published in 2005 by A&C Black. Culture - By seeds sown 0.0612 inches (1.5 mm) deep outdoors in spring or summer. Native in all Europe, except in Albania and Bulgaria.
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Early Forget-me-not
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Myosotis hispida Sky-blue flowers, the corolla-tbe shorter than the longer-stalked calyx, whose longer teeth are spreading in fruit, in April-June
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Borage Family
Foliage Above 3 small photos were taken by Ron or Christine Foord. |
An annual of open habitats or bare ground on dry, relatively infertile soils. It is found in chalk and limestone grassland, on sandy heaths and banks, stabilised dunes, the borders of sandy cultivated fields, railway tracks, rocks, walls, gravel-pits, quarry spoil and waste ground.
Form Common on dry banks and wall tops. |
Propagation - By seeds sown 0.06125 inch (1.5mm) deep outdoors in spring or summer. Native throughout Europe. |
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Creeping Water Forget-me-not
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Myosotis secunda (Myosotis repens, Myosotis palustris, Myosotis scorpioides) Light Blue 0.2 inch (5mm), in spikes leafy below from June onwards
Flowers
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Borage Family
Foliage
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A stoloniferous annual to perennial herb found by streams and pools, in marshy pasture, moorland flushes and springs. It prefers acid peaty soils, and usually avoids calcareous soils.
Form Native in Northern Europe. |
The rootstock creeps below ground, throwing up stems, 6 -18 inches (15-45 cms) in height, in all directions; thus we often get considerable masses of the plant growing in soft, moist soil by the edges of streams. The Persians have a beautiful story that an angel loved a maiden of earth whom he beheld twining blue Forget-me-nots in her golden hair by the river-side, but because of his love he was put out of heaven.
Photo of Myosotis scorpiodes from Wikmedia Commons. Propagation - By seeds sown 0.06125 inch (1.5mm) deep outdoors in spring or summer. |
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Water or Marsh Forget-me-not Myosotis palustris from Wild Flowers as They Grow- Photographed by H. Essenhigh Corke, text by G. Clark Nuttall. Published by Cassell and Company, Ltd in 7 separate books between 1911 and 1914:-
UKButterflies Larval Foodplants website page lists the larval foodplants used by British butterflies. The name of each foodplant links to a Google search. An indication of whether the foodplant is a primary or secondary food source is also given. Please note that the Butterfly you see for only a short time has grown up on plants as an egg, caterpillar and chrysalis for up to 11 months, before becoming a butterfly. If the plants that they live on during that time are removed, or sprayed with herbicide, then you will not see the butterfly. |
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Plants used by the Butterflies follow the Plants used by the Egg, Caterpillar and Chrysalis as stated in and The Butterflies of Britain & Ireland New Revised Edition by Jeremy Thomas & Richard Lewington. |
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1 egg laid on underside of leaflets or bracts. |
7 days in June. |
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Egg, |
1 egg laid on underside of leaflets or bracts. |
7 days in June. |
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Egg, |
1 egg laid under the leaf or on top of the flower. |
7 days in August. |
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Egg, |
1 egg on underside of a flower bud on its stalk. |
7 days. |
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Egg, |
1 egg on underside of a flower bud on its stalk. |
7 days. |
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Egg, |
1 egg under leaf. |
10 days in May-June. |
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Egg, |
1 egg on leaf. |
2 weeks |
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Cabbages - ELarge White eats all cruciferous plants, such as cabbages, mustard, turnips, radishes, cresses, nasturtiums, wild mignonette and dyer's weed |
Egg,
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40-100 eggs on both surfaces of leaf. |
May-June and August-Early September. 4.5-17 days. |
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Egg, |
1 egg on underside of leaf. |
May-June and August. 7 days. |
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Cabbages:- |
Egg, |
1 egg on underside of leaf. |
July or August; hatches in 3 days. |
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Cabbages:- |
Egg, |
1 egg laid in the tight buds and flowers. |
May-June 7 days. |
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Cherry with |
Egg, |
Eggs laid in batches encircling the branch of the food plant. |
Hatches after 18-22 days in April. |
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Egg, |
Groups of eggs on upper side of leaf. |
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Egg, |
1 egg on leaf. |
10 days in May-June. |
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Egg, |
1 egg on leaf. |
6 days in May-June. |
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Egg, |
1 egg under leaf. |
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(Common CowWheat, Field CowWheat) |
Egg, |
Eggs laid in batches on the under side of the leaves. |
Hatches after 16 days in June. |
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Currants |
Egg, |
Groups of eggs on upper side of leaf. |
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Egg, |
Eggs laid in batches on the under side of the leaves. |
Hatches after 20 days in July. |
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Dog Violet with |
Egg, |
1 egg on oak or pine tree trunk |
15 days in July. |
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Dog Violet with |
Egg, |
1 egg on leaf or stem. |
Hatches after 15 days in May-June. |
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Dog Violet with |
Egg, |
1 egg on leaf or stem. |
Hatches after 10 days in May-June. |
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Egg, |
1 egg on underside of a flower bud on its stalk. |
7 days. |
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Egg, |
Eggs laid in batches encircling the branch of the food plant. |
Hatches after 18-22 days in April. |
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False Brome is a grass (Wood Brome, Wood False-brome and Slender False-brome) |
Egg, |
1 egg under leaf. |
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Egg, |
Eggs laid in batches on the under side of the leaves. |
Hatches after 20 days in July. |
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Egg, |
1 egg laid on underside of leaflets or bracts. |
7 days in June. |
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Egg, |
1 egg on leaf or stem. |
Hatches after 10 days in May-June. |
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Egg, |
1 egg on underside of a flower bud on its stalk. |
7 days. |
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Egg, |
1 egg laid under the leaf or on top of the flower. |
7 days in August. |
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Egg, |
1 egg on leaf. 5 or 6 eggs may be deposited by separate females on one leaf. |
14 days in July-August. |
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Egg, |
1 egg on underside of a flower bud on its stalk. |
7 days. |
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Egg, |
1 egg laid in the tight buds and flowers. |
May-June 7 days. |
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Egg, |
Eggs laid in batches on the under side of the leaves. |
Hatches after 20 days in July. |
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Egg, |
Groups of eggs on upper side of leaf. |
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Egg, |
1 egg under leaf. |
1 then |
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Egg, |
1 egg on underside of a flower bud on its stalk. |
7 days. |
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Egg, |
1 egg at base of plant. |
Late August-April. |
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Egg, |
1 egg on leaf. |
10 days in May-June. |
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Egg, |
1 egg on leaf. |
2 weeks |
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Egg, |
1 egg on leaf. |
6 days in May-June. |
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Egg, |
1 egg on underside of leaf. |
May-June and August. 7 days. |
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Egg, |
1 egg on leaf. 5 or 6 eggs may be deposited by separate females on one leaf. |
14 days in July-August. |
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Narrow-leaved Plantain (Ribwort Plantain) |
Egg, |
Eggs laid in batches on the under side of the leaves. |
Hatches after 16 days in June. |
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Narrow-leaved Plantain (Ribwort Plantain) |
Egg, |
Eggs laid in batches on the under side of the leaves. |
Hatches after 16 days in June. |
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Nasturtium from Gardens |
Egg, |
1 egg on underside of leaf. |
May-June and August. 7 days. |
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Egg, |
1 egg on tree trunk |
15 days in July. |
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Mountain pansy, |
Egg, Chrysalis |
1 egg laid under the leaf or on top of the flower. |
7 days in August. 3 weeks in September |
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Egg, |
1 egg on tree trunk. |
15 days in July. |
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Egg, |
Eggs laid in batches on the under side of the leaves. |
Hatches after 20 days in July. |
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Egg, |
Eggs laid in batches encircling the branch of the food plant. |
Hatches after 18-22 days in April. |
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Egg, |
Groups of eggs on upper side of leaf. |
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Egg, |
1 egg under leaf. |
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Egg, |
1 egg laid under the leaf or on top of the flower. |
7 days in August. |
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Egg, |
Eggs laid in batches encircling the branch of the food plant. |
Hatches after 18-22 days in April. |
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Egg, |
Eggs laid in batches on the under side of the leaves. |
Hatches after 16 days in June. |
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Egg, |
1 egg on underside of a flower bud on its stalk. |
7 days. |
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Egg, |
1 egg on underside of a flower bud on its stalk. |
7 days. |
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Egg, |
Groups of eggs on upper side of leaf. |
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Egg, |
1 egg under leaf. |
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Egg, |
1 egg on leaf. |
2 weeks |
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Trefoils 1, 2, 3 |
Egg, |
1 egg on leaf. |
6 days in May-June. |
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Egg, |
Groups of eggs on upper side of leaf. |
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Egg, |
1 egg laid on underside of leaflets or bracts. |
7 days in June. |
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Violets:- |
Egg, |
1 egg on underside of leaf or on stalk. |
July-August for 17 days. |
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Violets:- |
Egg, |
1 egg on stem or stalk near plant base. |
July to hatch in 8 months in March. |
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Egg, |
1 egg on leaf. |
2 weeks. |
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Egg, |
Eggs laid in batches encircling the branch of the food plant. |
Hatches after 18-22 days in April. |
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Egg, |
1 egg on leaf. 5 or 6 eggs may be deposited by separate females on one leaf. |
14 days in July-August. |
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Willow |
Egg, |
Eggs laid in batches encircling the branch of the food plant. |
Hatches after 18-22 days in April. |
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Egg, |
Eggs laid in batches on the under side of the leaves. |
Hatches after 20 days in July. |
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Plants used by the Butterflies |
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Plant Name |
Butterfly Name |
Egg/ Caterpillar/ Chrysalis/ Butterfly |
Plant Usage |
Plant Usage Months |
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Asters |
Butterfly |
Eats nectar. |
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Runner and Broad Beans in fields and gardens |
Butterfly |
Eats nectar |
April-June or July-September. |
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Aubretia in gardens |
Butterfly |
Eats nectar |
May-June or August till killed by frost and damp in September-November |
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Butterfly |
Eats sap exuding from trunk. |
April-Mid June and Mid July-Early September for second generation. |
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Butterfly |
Eats nectar. |
20 days. |
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Butterfly |
Eats nectar |
May-June |
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Holly Blue |
Butterfly |
Eats nectar |
April-Mid June and Mid July-Early September for second generation. |
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Butterfly |
Eats nectar. |
July-October. |
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Buddleias |
Butterfly |
Eats nectar. |
July-October. |
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Wood White |
Butterfly |
Eats nectar |
May-June. |
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Cabbage and cabbages in fields |
Butterfly |
Eats nectar |
April-June or July-September. |
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Butterfly |
Eats nectar |
July-October |
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Adonis Blue |
Butterfly |
Eats nectar. |
1 Month during Mid-May to Mid-June or during August-September |
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Pale Clouded Yellow |
Butterfly |
Eats nectar |
May-June or August till killed by frost and damp in September-November |
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Cow-wheat |
Butterfly |
Eats nectar |
June-July |
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Butterfly |
Eats nectar |
May-June |
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Butterfly |
Eats nectar |
April-Mid June and Mid July-Early September for second generation. |
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Butterfly |
Eats nectar. |
3 weeks between May and September |
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Germander Speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys - Birdseye Speedwell) |
Butterfly |
Eats nectar |
June-July |
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Butterfly |
Eats nectar. |
July-October. |
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Butterfly |
Eats nectar |
30 days in May-June. |
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Butterfly |
Eats nectar |
May-September |
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Butterfly |
Eats nectar. |
May-June for 18 days. |
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Butterfly |
Eats nectar. |
July-October |
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Butterfly |
Eats nectar. |
1 Month. |
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Butterfly |
Eats nectar. |
July-October. |
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Painted Lady |
Butterfly |
Eats nectar |
July-October. |
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Marigolds in gardens |
Butterfly |
Eats nectar |
May-June or August till killed by frost and damp in September-November |
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Butterfly |
Eats nectar. |
1 Month during Mid-May to Mid-June or during August-September. |
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Michaelmas Daisies |
Butterfly |
Eats nectar. |
July-October |
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Butterfly |
Eats nectar |
April-June or July-September. |
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Narrow-leaved Plantain (Ribwort Plantain) |
Butterfly |
Eats nectar |
June-July |
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Nasturtiums in gardens |
Butterfly |
Eats nectar |
April-June or July-September |
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Butterfly |
Eats sap exuding from trunk. |
April-Mid June and Mid July-Early September for second generation. |
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Butterfly |
Eats nectar |
June. |
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Butterfly |
Eats nectar |
May-June. |
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Butterfly |
Eats nectar |
July-October. |
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Butterfly |
Eats nectar |
July-May |
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Butterfly |
Eats nectar |
7 weeks in July-August. |
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Comma |
Butterfly |
Eats nectar. |
July-October. |
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Butterfly |
Eats nectar. |
3 weeks between May and September |
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Trefoils 1, 2, 3 |
Butterfly |
Eats nectar. |
1 Month during Mid-May to Mid-June or during August-September |
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Butterfly |
Eats nectar. |
20 days in August. |
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Butterfly |
Eats nectar |
June.
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Apple/Pear/Cherry/Plum Fruit Tree Blossom in Spring |
Butterfly |
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Rotten Fruit |
Butterfly |
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Tree sap and damaged ripe fruit, which are high in sugar |
Butterfly |
Hibernates inside hollow trees or outhouses until March. Eats sap or fruit juice until April. |
10 months in June-April |
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Wild Flowers |
Large Skipper |
Butterfly |
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Links to the other Butterflies:- Black Hairstreak uses Blackthorn, Privet, Guelder Rose, and Wayfaring tree I have detailed the use of plants by these eggs, caterpillars, chrysalis and butterfly in full with either photos of those butterflies, etc or illustrations from Sandars. It shows that they do use plants all year round and I will insert the information of their Life Histories into the remainder of the Butterfly Description Pages but I will put no further information in this table or the Butterfly Name with its use of plants table. Please see what a council did to destroy the native habitat, so that children could ride bicyles anywhere in the park in the row below. Details of what plant is used by each of the different 'egg, caterpillar, chrysalis or butterfly' unit and for how long is given in the table on the left. At least 2 of these butterflies live in America as well as in the UK in 2022:- |
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The following is an excerpt from my Comments about the proposed destruction of the wildlife habitats at Cobtree Manor Park in the summer of 2010 from my Mission Statement page:- "We would be sorry to lose the butterflies on the bluebells, bramble and ivy that would be restricted to only the very small area of proposed Wildlife Meadow by the Woods at the bottom of a hill with water springs on it. The wildlife is now being excluded from all the other areas by the "pruning", so that the nettles, brambles etc which had for instance the butterfly life cycle included; are now being ruthlessly removed to create a garden, not a park, with neat little areas." When you look at the life history graphs of each of the 68 butterflies of Britain, you will see that they use plants throughout all 12 months - the information of what plant is used by the egg, caterpillar, chrysalis or butterfly is also given in the table on the left. With this proposed removal of all plants required for butterflies etc to live in and pro-create; at least once a year by the autumn or spring clearing up, you destroy the wildlife in this park as is done in every managed park in the world. Please leave something for the wildlife to live in without disturbance; rather than destroy everything so children can ride their bicycles anywhere they want when the park is open during the day and they are not at school. |
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The following information (5 December 2021) comes from Wikipedia about Southern Water Services Ltd, which had a revenue of £0.829 billion in 2017-18. Area served by Southern Water is Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Sussex and Kent. "Legal issues[edit] 2009-2011[edit] 2014-2016[edit] 2019[edit] Following the investigation, Southern Water agreed to pay customers approximately £123 million by 2024, partly a payment of price review underperformance penalties the company avoided paying in the period 2010 to 2017 and some of which is a payment to customers for the failures found in Ofwat's investigation. In response to Ofwat's findings, Southern Water announced that following its own internal review, which highlighted multiple failures between 2010 and 2017, it was 'profoundly sorry' and 'working very hard to understand past failings and implement the changes required' to ensure it meets the standards its customers deserve.[19] 2021[edit] How can a government allow a business to carry on when it is damaging the health of its population? and when it does not bother to correct the problem but its directors keep on committing the offences? Is that because the fines do not matter to the company who continue to commit offences and the government turns the other cheek. |
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BROWN WILD FLOWER GALLERY PAGE MENUS |
Botanical Name with Common Name, Wild Flower Family, Flower Colour and Form Index of each of all the Wildflowers of the UK in 1965:- AC, AG,AL,AL,AN, Extra Botanical Names have been added within a row for a different plant. Each Extra Botanical Name Plant will link to an Extras Page where it will be detailed in its own row. |
CREAM WILD FLOWER GALLERY PAGE MENUS |
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"They are also very important to the city of New York (and not just because the leaf is the Parks Department logo). The London Plane, usually considered Platanus x acerifolia but also known by other Latin epithets, is not really native, although it very closely resembles the native American sycamore, Platanus occidentalis. Actually, it is probably a cross between this American species and Platanus orientalis, a Eurasian relative. In any case, it has been widely planted as a city tree for decades, which turns out to be a good idea. In its assessment of the New York City urban forest, the US Forest Service Northern Research Station determined that the London plane is the most important city tree we have. They base this conclusion on several factors. For one thing, London planes have a very high leaf area per tree; that is, the London plane gives us a lot more pretty, shady, air-filtering, evaporatively-cooling leaves per single trunk than most other species in the city. In fact, according to the Forest Service, London planes make up just 4% of the city tree population, but represent 14% of the city's total leaf area. (Compare this with the virulently invasive tree of heaven [Ailanthus altissima], which constitutes 9% of the tree population but only about 4% of the total leaf area.) Also, because they tend to become very tall and have large canopies, London planes are our best trees for carbon storage and sequestration. They are holding on to about 185,000 tons of carbon (14% of the total urban tree carbon pool), and each year they sequester another 5,500 or so tons (about 13% of all the carbon sequestered by city trees each year). That makes them both gorgeous and highly beneficial: all in all, good trees to have around." |
Extra Common Names have been added within a row for a different plant. Each Extra Common Name Plant will link to an Extras Page where it will be detailed in its own row. EXTRAS 57,58, Hemp (cannabis sativa) - 1% of Irelands landmass, growing hemp for fuel, would provide all the energy needs for the country each year, keeping the money with the farmers and keeping the rural economies active and this is also an environmentally friendly fuel. Hemp only has 100,000 commercial uses, so is not worth growing. 1 acre of hemp = 1,000 gallons of methanol and is cheaper to produce than petrol or diesel |
Botanical Name of each Plant within each Botanical Name Extras Page:- |
Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis from Wild Flowers as They Grow- Photographed by H. Essenhigh Corke, text by G. Clark Nuttall. Published by Cassell and Company, Ltd in 7 separate books between 1911 and 1914:- The above is my summary of the chapter on this plant in the above books. They are excellent books for the layman to understand about each of the wildflowers, that he could use in his own garden. I am sorry but I am not going to summarise all of the wildflower plants in those books, but I would at least recommend them to you. This was sent out to customers of Riverford Organic Farmers (also they publish Wicked Leeks Magazine), who sell us a weekly box of vegetables and recipes, fruit and other items produced on farms; dated Monday 18th October 2021:-
Its actually win, win, win, win, win, win. You can refer as many friends as you like - and if all goes well, there will be Devon-grown hazelnuts in your boxes by 2026, and walnuts by 2028." |
Botanical Name Extras Page 91:- Botanical Name Extras Page 92 Normally in the fourth column below, I insert which countries in Europe, the plant is native in; introduced into or except from. Seeing which Native UK Wildflowers are also native in your country within Europe, Soviet Union, USA, Canada or China (from AC to CE) you can then use them with the cultivated plants for your country in your own home garden - so help your local wildlife including Butterflies - and home with snippets from Flower Arrangements from Wild Flowers by Violet Stevenson. Published by J M Dent & Sons in 1972. ISBN 0 460 07844 5. View my chapter precis before executing the flower arranging of the plants. The Saxifraga Foundation is a network of European nature photographers, whose aim is to stimulate and facilitate the conservation of European biodiversity. They do so by providing high-quality nature pictures free of charge. The website free natureimages.eu is an initiative of the Saxifraga Foundation. The Saxifrage foundation is assisted by the Crossbill Guides Foundation, Dutch Butterfly Conservation (De Vlinderstichting) and Foto Fitis. Currently, Saxifraga is working on two projects. The first one is the construction of a gallery of pictures of European plants, animals and landscapes. To download these pictures, go to the Saxifraga Gallery. With the search engine you can search for images using the scientific name or the common name of plants and animals in Dutch and English. The second project is the creation of a collection of images of the Dutch landscape (NL in Beeld). This has been done by taking pictures in a grid in a systematic way. We have used the so called Amersfoort-coordinates, which are found on official Dutch topographic maps. The Amersfoort grid is a collection of square kilometers. To find more details visit the website of NL in Beeld. The pictures can be viewed at the Saxifraga Gallery. United States Department of Agriculture Plant Hardiness Zone Map - This map of USA is based on a range of average annual minimum winter temperatures, divided into 13 of 10-degree F zones, that this plant will thrive in USA, Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. There are other Hardiness Zone Maps for the rest of the world including the one for Great Britain and Ireland of zones 7a to 10a. If the plant you see here has the same zone in your area of that country, then you can grow it at your home. |
Cultural Needs of Plants "Understanding Fern Needs But unfortunately the human population in this world do not understand the above needs for plants as shown by:- Article on Welcome Page about trees falling down within pavements in Funchal, Madeira They set light to the rubbish collected inside the tree trunk, either by a discarded match used to light a cigarette or the stub of that cigarette. This then burns the rubbish inserted by the public and it also burns the rotting and non-rotting heartwood, whilst still allowing the public to wander past the burning or burnt tree. Stubs of cigarettes and discarded lit matches are also dropped on exposed tree roots:- Pavements of Funchal, Madeira The easiest, cheapest and quickest solution for existing pavement areas using pavers or paving slabs is the SuDSFLOW System using paving spacers to create permeable paving. See further details within the row for the London Planetree at the bottom of Botanical Name PH-PL 60 page. |
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It is worth remembering that especially with roses that the colour of the petals of the flower may change - The following photos are of Rosa 'Lincolnshire Poacher' which I took on the same day in R.V. Roger's Nursery Field:- |
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Closed Bud |
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Opening Bud |
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Juvenile Flower |
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Older Juvenile Flower |
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Middle-aged Flower - Flower Colour in Season in its |
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Mature Flower |
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Juvenile Flower and Dying Flower |
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Form of Rose Bush |
There are 720 roses in the Rose Galleries; many of which have the above series of pictures in their respective Rose Description Page. So one might avoid the disappointment that the 2 elephants had when their trunks were entwined instead of them each carrying their trunk using their own trunk, and your disappointment of buying a rose to discover that the colour you bought it for is only the case when it has its juvenile flowers; if you look at all the photos of the roses in the respective Rose Description Page!!!! |
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My current ambition at my retired age of 73 in 2022 (having started this website in 2005) is to complete the following:- Wildflower Flower Shape and Landscape Uses Gallery has an empty framework that I created on 20 February 2022. When all the remainder of the UK wildflowers have been checked:-
Then, the wildflower entries in the Wildflower Flower Shape and Landscape Uses Gallery will be filled in after each Wildflower has its cultivation details added to the Botanical Names and Common Names Galleries. Starting the above from 20 February 2022, I think it might take me a few years, but it does mean that as I progress then you will be able to associate more wildflowers with more of all the plant types of the cultivated plants who have similar growing requirements. Then, more of the natural world with its wildlife could also inhabit your garden. |
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Aims of the Wild Flower Society
Plants included in Schedule 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981 |
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Identifying Edible and Poisonous Wild Plants |
