13th August

…sold by Burncoose as improved garden forms or different species of these fairly common wild plants.Betony, Stachys officinalis, which I had not seen before. Stachys officinalis Stachys officinalis Stachys officinalis…

12th July

…to escape the strimmer too. Stachys sylvatica Stachys sylvatica Stachys sylvatica I had guessed that this was a Stachys or a Lamium species but, as ever, this is a whole…

23rd July

…Pieris hieraciodes or Hawkweed Ox-tongue. cow parsley cow parsley This is Stachys sylvatica, Hedge Groundwort, which I thought at first was a Lamium or a Teucrium. Stachys sylvatica Stachys sylvatica…

18th August

…at Caerhays. There are several forms and species as I discover. Stachys officinalis Stachys officinalis 2023 – CHW Attached are 3 lists which record the Carpinus, Tilia, Lindera and Litsea…

6th August

…glaucescens which does not yet feature on the IDS website. Daphniphyllum glaucescens Daphniphyllum glaucescens 2021 – CHW A wonderful roadside triangle of betony or Betonica officinalis (formerly Stachys officinalis) under…