Wild Flowers

A pretty uneventful day today although I have been working, marking student’s scripts as well as giving telephone tutorials.

Here we have a Green Alkanet flower, (Pentaglottis sempervirens) sometimes called Evergreen Bugloss, it is often confused with Forget-me-not; it likes damp, shady places, woods and hedgerows. The leaves are rough and hairy and the flowers are made up of five blue petals joined at a white centre. The flowers are edible, but are generally only used for decoration in drinks and salads.

This is Bird’s Eye otherwise known as Speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys) and grows in lawns and grassland; it flowers between May and July.

Today’s Weather

Grey and overcast, but with some sunshine, temperatures around thirteen degrees Celsius; it looks more likely to rain than not.