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White Dead-nettle, Lamium album, for Day 17 of #365DaysOfBotany. 🌱

We're going small for Day 16 of #365DaysOfBotany with Common Whitlow Grass, Erophila verna 🌱 Dinky, hairy rosettes growing on a footpath. What's not to like! #pavementplants Week 2 update: https://commonbynature.co.uk/2020/01/16/365-days-of-botany-week-2/

Rare philodendron collection with bonus Variegated Monstera. 🌱 Keeping this happy during winter is providing difficult, to say the least. Humidifier, grow lights and still, brown tips! 😳

A teenie tiny Red Dead-nettle, Lamium purpureum, on Day 15 of #365DaysOfBotany. 🌱 Useless fact of the day: thr generic name is derived from the Greek lamia meaning devouring monster.

Sometimes, the mundane can be beautiful too. For Day 14 of #365DaysOfBotany, I'm sharing Ribwort Plantain, Plantago lanceolata. 🌱 Random fact of the day: in traditional Austrian medicine, its leaves are used to treat insect bites and skin infections.

For Day 13 of #365DaysOfBotany, I'm sharing the highly unusual Ilex aquifolium 'Ferox' aka Hedgehog Holly. 🍃 Not strictly wild as found in old parkland; though quite educational. I had no idea this was a thing...

For Day 12 of #365DaysOfBotany, we're going with English Ivy, Hedera helix. Why? Because it's great for wildlife, gets everywhere and comes in a huge number of interesting forms. 🌱

Matt was kind enough to let me buy this enormous Peace Lily today. Currently regretting his decision immensely - it's huge! 😳 #houseplantclub #houseplants #plantsagram #plantstyling #plantsmakepeoplehappy #plantaddict #plantpeople #plantspiration #peacelily #spathiphyllum #ikea #houseplantcommunity #houseplantsofinstagram

In somewhat of a rush today so for Day 11 of #365DaysOfBotany, we're going with something easy: Hart's Tongue, Asplenium scolopendrium. One of our commonest ferns, it gets everywhere, and that's why I love it. A little green brightens up even the greyest of man made structures. 🌱

This year, we're growing chilli's on an industrial scale! 🌶️ Cherry Bomb and Zimbabwe Black up already, and not long to go for the White Habernaro, Jalapeno and Purple Tiger. . . . . #chilli #chillipepper #food #growing #growyourown #growyourfood #plantsagram #plantsofinstagram #plantpeople #plantsmakepeoplehappy #instagood

Now, I could be horribly wrong on this, but for Day 10 of #365DaysOfBotany, I'm sharing Garden Yellow Archangel, Lamium galeobdolon subsp. argentatum As you can tell, this is another non-native species. And one currently spreading in the UK. Pretty though. 🌱

Morning walk in Jesmond Dene. Cobwebs officially blown away. ☀️ . . . . #nature #newcastleupontyne #newcastle #jesmonddene #instanature #wildlife #outdoors #instagood

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White Dead-nettle, Lamium album, for Day 17 of #365DaysOfBotany. 🌱

We're going small for Day 16 of #365DaysOfBotany with Common Whitlow Grass, Erophila verna 🌱 Dinky, hairy rosettes growing on a footpath. What's not to like! #pavementplants Week 2 update: https://commonbynature.co.uk/2020/01/16/365-days-of-botany-week-2/

Rare philodendron collection with bonus Variegated Monstera. 🌱 Keeping this happy during winter is providing difficult, to say the least. Humidifier, grow lights and still, brown tips! 😳

A teenie tiny Red Dead-nettle, Lamium purpureum, on Day 15 of #365DaysOfBotany. 🌱 Useless fact of the day: thr generic name is derived from the Greek lamia meaning devouring monster.

Sometimes, the mundane can be beautiful too. For Day 14 of #365DaysOfBotany, I'm sharing Ribwort Plantain, Plantago lanceolata. 🌱 Random fact of the day: in traditional Austrian medicine, its leaves are used to treat insect bites and skin infections.

For Day 13 of #365DaysOfBotany, I'm sharing the highly unusual Ilex aquifolium 'Ferox' aka Hedgehog Holly. 🍃 Not strictly wild as found in old parkland; though quite educational. I had no idea this was a thing...

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