Ancient woodland

      Yellow archangel and bluebells at Penstave Copse.           Here and at Devon Wildlife Trust’s nature reserve at Warleigh Point, there is common cow-wheat, an indicator plant showing healthy ancient woodland. Hemlock water dropwort, broom, irises and spindle at Warleigh Point

Weeds

In the garden, a tiny specimen of common ramping fumitory, some lady’s smock and yellow rattle that we planted to kick-start a wild flower patch by parasitising the lawn. There are five species of speedwell: germander, wall, thyme-leaved, ivy-leaved, and slender speedwell. Other flowers thrive through lack of weeding rather than by design. Common cow-wheat in woods in South Brent