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seasonal wild flowers
Summer flowers

These photographs were taken during the first week in
February and except for the snowdrops continue to flower.

Gorse.jpg (17680 bytes) Gorse
prickly and sweet scented
The stinking hellebore
(Helleborus foetidus)
is an uncommon woodland plant with green flowers. 		Hellebore.jpg (23900 bytes)
Perriwinkle.jpg (15663 bytes) Perriwinkle (vinca major)
A foreign plant probably introduced by the Romans. It can be found growing in hedgerows, flowers throughout the year.
Primrose (Primula vulgaris)
A favourite spring flower and one of the earliest, they usualy flower in March but this year they are early. 		Primroses.jpg (17429 bytes)
Snowdrops.jpg (19669 bytes) Snowdrops(Galanthus nivalis) Usually the first flowers of the year very often appearing through snow. The may grow in large drifts in woodland.
Dsc00303.jpg (50968 bytes) Violets
Celandines Dsc00298.jpg (57458 bytes)
Dsc00297.jpg (67447 bytes) White violets
Speedwell DSC00594opt.jpg (28057 bytes)
DSC00565opt.jpg (27606 bytes) Greater Stitchwort
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