#thewinter10 — Public Fediverse posts

A final 4 of my #TheWinter10 which again are mainly garden escapes. Hebe (with a bee!), Mexican Fleabane, Periwinkle and a garden Cranesbill hybrid. #Dawlish #Devon #TheWinter10 #NewYearPlantHunt #WildflowerHour #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

Three plants that grow on the sea cliffs at Dawlish. Sour Fig (the new name for a plant that used to have a racial slur in its name), Osteospermum and Seaside Daisy. All garden escapes. #Dawlish #Devon #TheWinter10 #NewYearPlantHunt #WildflowerHour #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

More of my #TheWinter10 from the #NewYearPlantHunt - Trailing Bellflower and Adria Bellflower, the two common bellflowers of old walls in UK towns. #Dawlish #Devon #WildflowerHour #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

I exceeded #TheWinter10 by a long way on Friday while doing the #NewYearPlantHunt around Dawlish on the #Devon coast. 23 species in flower despite the cold weather, although a lot of those were garden escapes. The highlight was Rue, which isn't grown much in gardens so is extremely rare as a pavement plant. But there it was in full flower in a pavement beside a roadside flower bed.
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Over on BlueSky the #WildflowerHour team announced that there will be a few weeks without weekly challenges until it's time to start doing the regular #TheWinter10 during UK winter. So they suggested posting your #FavouritePlant of the year as well as your finds from the current week. Most of us will have several highlights and will find it hard to choose.

I don't normally manage #TheWinter10 for #WildflowerHour but in #Dawlish on new year's eve for the BSBI #NewYearPlantHunt I recorded 30! Plus Common Rue, which I was hoping for, did flower but a few days after the deadline. Most of the species I saw were either invasives or garden escapes. These 4 are Wall Bellflower, "Sour Fig" (no, I'm not using the usual English name), Osteospermum sp and Hebe (Veronica sp). #Devon #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

This week's #WildflowerHour has a one-off challenge (although you can still do #TheWinter10 if you wish) - #FestivePlants can be interpreted in many ways, not restricted to those associated with Christmas, or indeed other midwinter festivals. 8pm to 9pm UK time on Sunday as usual.
https://bsky.app/profile/wildflowerhour.bsky.social/post/3ldfxqblnc22c

And number 10 narrow-leaved ragwort #TheWinter10 #WildflowerHour

Forgot to post last week’s #TheWinter10 and the app takes only 9… but they are red dead-nettle, tansy, ivy-leaved toadflax, sow thistle, dandelion, brown knapweed, hairy vetch, yarrow, false mayweed. Number 10 in the next post #WildflowerHour

Red Clover, Dandelion, Comfrey, Creeping Buttercup, Ivy, Bristly Oxtongue, Hedge Mustard, Oxeye Daisy, Ragwort & Red Deadnettle #TheWinter10 #WildflowerHour
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This week’s #TheWinter10 - Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Comfrey, Groundsel, *possibly* Green-field Speedwell, Yarrow, Small Nettle, Petty Spurge, Common Field Speedwell, Shepherd’s Purse & Ivy #WildflowerHour

For the next few months, the #WildflowerHour challenge is #TheWinter10 - see if you can find 10 different species of wild flower actually flowering in a single week. A very good challenge for learning to identify common urban weeds!
https://bsky.app/profile/wildflowerhour.bsky.social/post/3l7jjbdweuv2q

Too early in the year for #TheWinter10 but there were 10 species available on my local #Bristol building site on Tuesday so: Ox-eye Daisy, Ribbed Melilot, Annual Mercury, Wild Carrot, Marigold, Herb Robert, Narrow-leaved Ragwort, Oxford Ragwort, Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Buddleja. #WildflowerHour #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

This week's #WildflowerHour challenge isn't a challenge as such - we're invited to post the plant we’ve been most pleased to see this year! Post your pics for
#wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm using the hashtag #FavouriteFind. Also post your #WildflowerHour pictures from this week too! From next week the challenge each week will be the same - #TheWinter10 ie 10 finds in one week. Sorry for those in the southern hemisphere for whom this isn't much of a challenge!
https://bsky.app/profile/wildflowerhour.bsky.social/post/3l5oj7pwoxz2z

Only the hardiest of souls seen out this week. Smooth Sowthistle, Dandelion, White Deadnettle, Groundsel, Common Mouse-ear, Yarrow, Shepherd’s Purse, Spotted Deadnettle, Feverfew & Nipplewort #TheWinter10
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This week’s #TheWinter10 - Common Mallow, Ivy, Dandelion, Hedge Mustard, Shepherd’s Purse, Common Field Speedwell, Groundsel, Red Deadnettle, Smooth Sowthistle & Purple Toadflax #WildflowerHour

A challenge for #WildflowerHour in winter is #TheWinter10 - try to find 10 species in flower. Yesterday I managed 12. Common Ragwort, Common Gorse, Alder, Canadian Fleabane, Guernsey Fleabane, Fox-and-Cubs, Red Campion, Herb Robert, Nipplewort, Honeysuckle, Mexican Fleabane, Ivy-leaved Toadflax. #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #plantscience #photography

This week’s #TheWinter10 - Winter Heliotrope, Dandelion, Yarrow, Shepherd’s Purse, Common Field Speedwell, Hairy Bittercress, Common Chickweed, Daisy, Hazel & Primrose #WildflowerHour

#TheWinter10 was difficult to find this week, but just made it. Black Horehound, Daisy, Borage, Musk Storksbill, Wood Avens, Holly, Sun Spurge, Smooth Sowthistle, Yarrow & Ragwort #WildflowerHour #Nature #Botany #Wildflowers

This week’s #WildflowerHour finds, all from around my village. Creeping Thistle, Michaelmas Daisy, Hedgerow Cranesbill, Dandelion, Ivy, Common Field Speedwell, (self seeded) Tomato, Winter Heliotrope, Self-heal & Bramble
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