Kay McClean

Biology (special fondness for the micro sort).

[wildflowerhour @wildflower_hour]

Phew it’s been so hot lately! This week’s challenge is to find those wild & naturalised plants that are surviving the drought conditions & are #StillFlowering! Share your finds for #wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm!

[MerielGJones @MerielGJones]

#WildFlowerHour Delicate yellow flowers of lady's bedstraw spilling over the pavement as the plant manages to survive and flower at the edge of suburban open space. Briwydd felen, Galium verum. #Wirral #Merseyside @wildflower_hour

[MerielGJones @MerielGJones]

#WildWebsWednesday What happens when an insect takes a bite out of an unopened, tightly rolled-up Convolvulus flower? The result is a pattern of matching holes! @WebsWild #Wirral

[wildflowerhour @wildflower_hour]

With warmer temperatures forecast for the end of the week hopefully you’ll appreciate a watery theme for this week’s challenge! Find wild or naturalised aquatic plants in bloom and share for #wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm using the hashtag #AquaticPlants 💦🌱

[Kay McClean @KayMcClean1]

Lady's Bedstraw at Calton Hill, Edinburgh. #wildflowerhour

[Kay McClean @KayMcClean1]

Cuckoo spit on willowherb.
#wildwebswednesday

[MerielGJones @MerielGJones]

#WildWebsWednesday Bumblebee with so much pollen on a blackberry flower, in sunshine.

[MerielGJones @MerielGJones]

#WildFlowerHour Red and white flowered Red Campion growing together! @wildflower_hour #Wirral #Merseyside

[MerielGJones @MerielGJones]

#WildFlowerHour Elder (Ysgawen, Sambucus nigra). Flowering coming to an end now, but then there will be elderberries. Cordial from sweet-smelling flower heads, sugar, lemon juice & citric acid. @wildflower_hour #Wirral #Merseyside

[Dr Janet Lees @Bambigoesforth]

These amazing blooms in the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh: the blue Himalayan poppy.
#gardens #nature #beauty #poppy

[wildflowerhour @wildflower_hour]

Have you been taking part in #NoMowMay or opting for a #NoMowSummer? The challenge this week is to show us your #LawnFlowers! No lawn? See what’s blooming in another local grassed area instead. Share your pics for #WildflowerHour this Sunday 8-9pm. Happy flower hunting! 🌸🌾🌼

[Eric. @Nollie70]

Dagpauwoog.

[MerielGJones @MerielGJones]

#WildWebsWednesday Skipper butterfly on an ox-eye daisy (llygad-llo mawr, Leucanthemum vulgare). Young skippers need to eat grass leaves, seen in background. @WebsWild #Wirral

[Donna Rainey @donnarainey4]

A gorgeous Irish hare in a gorgeous Irish meadow. #Donegal

[Richard Lewington @rlewington2]

Just finishing off painting my favourite butterfly, the male Orange-tip, on Cuckoo Flower.

[MerielGJones @MerielGJones]

#WildFlowerHour Meadow buttercup (blodyn ymenyn, Ranunculus acris) soaking up the sun! #Wirral @wildflower_hour

[MerielGJones @MerielGJones]

#WildWebsWednesday Nettles are not glamorous, indeed are painful to the touch but are home & food for many insects. See the folded- up leaf with someone inside!

[MerielGJones @MerielGJones]

#WildFlowerHour Mouse-ear hawkweed (Clust y llygoden, Pilosella officinarum), common, with solitary flower-head a circle of long flowers, lemon-yellow on top, red stripes below. Leaves with long hairs. @wildflower_hour #Gwynedd #seaside

[Donna Rainey @donnarainey4]

The most exquisite examples of Mountain everlasting seen this week in a commonage in Co Galway. The number of petals! The colour! The intricacy of these beautiful flowers. #wildflowerhour

[MerielGJones @MerielGJones]

#WildFlowerHour White bryony (Bloneg y ddaear, Bryonia dioica) scrambling up fencing with its tendrils into the light. @wildflower_hour #riverdee #AfonDyfrdrwy