Botany In Scotland Blog
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A blog by the Botanical Society of Scotland featuring notes and conversations on all things Botanical. The Botanical Society of Scotland was founded in 1836 & aims to advance the appreciation & understanding of all plants & fungi.
Botany In Scotland Blog
3d ago
This week’s plant likes limey soils. It is common in the southern half of England where I knew it well whilst growing up. It’s a rampant climber, and in my village it grew in almost every hedgerow. When November came, it had pride of place on what schools then called ‘nature tables’. But in the ..read more
Botany In Scotland Blog
1w ago
Julius Caesar said there were no beech trees in Britain but he was mistaken ..read more
Botany In Scotland Blog
2w ago
Many thousands of plant species have entered our country via garden centres and seed merchants. They bring colour, sweet scents and food for insects to our gardens and parklands. An interesting question is: how many of them escape and become naturalised? The answer is ‘only a small fraction’. Yes, but how many is that? The ..read more
Botany In Scotland Blog
1M ago
Another name for this native plant is the Sea-side Thistle ..read more
Botany In Scotland Blog
1M ago
A visitor from New Zealand, often planted in Britain but sometimes found in the wild ..read more
Botany In Scotland Blog
1M ago
Once a troublesome weed, now not such a problem...a weed in decline ..read more
Botany In Scotland Blog
2M ago
A plant with a double persona, one for spring and another for autumn ..read more
Botany In Scotland Blog
2M ago
Perhaps monks washed their liturgical garments in its juice ..read more
Botany In Scotland Blog
2M ago
Just four species together produce 50% of all nectar in Britain. This is one of the four ..read more