Wild flowers

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Country diary: A Japanese painting outside a Shrewsbury nightclub | Paul Evans
Welsh Marches, Shropshire: After all the rain, cold winds and more rain, suddenly an explosion of flowers from this Mount Fuji cherry tree

Paul Evans

28, Mar, 2024 @5:30 AM

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Lizard peninsula recovery project aims to save ‘microhabitats’
Natural England-backed scheme at most southerly tip of UK will nurture lichens, liverworts and wildflowers

Steven Morris

27, Mar, 2024 @6:00 AM

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Country diary: The flowering blackthorn is a plant of glorious contrasts | Josie George
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire: Now is its time to shine, and having no leaves yet, it is purest black and white, spines and stars

Josie George

27, Mar, 2024 @5:30 AM

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In search of wildflowers? This whimsical hotline will help you find the best
For 41 years, the charming Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline has led people to California’s most bountiful blooms

Maanvi Singh in Oakland

23, Mar, 2024 @1:00 PM

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Country diary: Fresh primroses and the first bluebells | Virginia Spiers
St Dominic, Tamar Valley, Cornwall: Rainstorms have been dominant here, but flowers are emerging through the ferns and leaf mould

Virginia Spiers

21, Mar, 2024 @5:30 AM

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Country diary: A riot of colour on every verge and bank | Mark Cocker
Mani, Greece: Spring is approaching full throttle here, with peacock anemones the best of the abundant flowers

Mark Cocker

19, Mar, 2024 @5:30 AM

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Pathless Forest by Chris Thorogood review – love letter to a monstrous flower
A botanist goes in search of the vast, stinking Rafflesia in its natural habitat

Rachel Aspden

01, Mar, 2024 @7:30 AM

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Country diary: Snowdrops tumble down from high curtain walls | Susie White
Aydon Castle, Northumberland: On our woodland walk to this fortified manor house, we see wild garlic spearing through the leaf litter, buds of golden saxifrage, lesser celandine gleaming along the bank

Susie White

12, Feb, 2024 @5:30 AM

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Country diary: The unsung groundsel has been flowering all winter | Phil Gates
Quarryheads Lane, Durham: This patch carried with it a fungus that, under a microscope, revealed an exquisite beauty

Phil Gates

02, Feb, 2024 @5:30 AM

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Banging the drum for music in schools | Brief letters
Brief letters: Power of the arts | Points for piano | Scottish weather | Blooming winter | Dangers for window peekers

01, Feb, 2024 @5:28 PM

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Cherishing age-old values at a family Christmas | Brief letters
Brief letters: Generations of public service | Devi Sridhar | Guardian wrapped up | Spring has sprung | WH Smith rebrand | Vera’s detective work

28, Dec, 2023 @5:37 PM

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The best Christmas gift I could have got | Brief letters
Brief letters: GCSE in sign language | Early daffodils | Michelle Mone | Banksy’s road sign | Blind date bliss

26, Dec, 2023 @4:39 PM

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