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Karen Andrews

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Wiltshire and Somerset botanist, nature-lover and garden visitor. Languages and photography. https://botanykaren.net

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Karen Andrews @botanykaren.bsky.social · 24d

My #FavouritePlant of the year is undoubtedly Grass of Parnassus seen for the first time (and many other times) while at the BSBI’s Annual Summer Meeting in Scotland this August. #wildflowerhour

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Karen Andrews @botanykaren.bsky.social · 11d

My Fiddleleaf Cactus is flowering again. I count 28 flowers and buds. #houseplants

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Karen Andrews @botanykaren.bsky.social · 24d

My #FavouritePlant of the year is undoubtedly Grass of Parnassus seen for the first time (and many other times) while at the BSBI’s Annual Summer Meeting in Scotland this August. #wildflowerhour

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Fran Sinclair @notfrangible.bsky.social · Aug 31

#Fruits for #WildflowerHour Bramble, Sloe, Elderberry, then Oak (masses of Knopper galls this year), Sycamore, Sweet Chestnut (no Conkers on Horse Chestnut round here 🙁). Finally Hawthorn, Field Maple, Dogwood. All from brief walk to supermarket in Bradford-on-Avon

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wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · Aug 29

It’s looking a bit like autumn! Plump, luscious fruits are brightening the hedgerows like vibrant jewels, beautiful, but can you identify them? This week find the fruits of wild plants, snap away & post your lovely pics for #wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm using #fruits 🍒

Photographs of wild fruits found in the hedgerow. Blackberries, Elderberries, Rose-hips and Hawthorn haws, Hazelnuts and Yew berries what will you find? Share this Sunday for #wildflowerhour 8-9pm!

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Karen Andrews @botanykaren.bsky.social · Aug 25

Round-leaved Fluellen, Kickxia spuria seen with SRPG at Wellow, Somerset in a post-harvest field of stubble yesterday.

Karen Andrews @botanykaren.bsky.social · Aug 25

Red #berries on White Bryony seen with SRPG at Wellow yesterday

Karen Andrews @botanykaren.bsky.social · Aug 24

Not quite???? 😂

Karen Andrews @botanykaren.bsky.social · Aug 8

Sea Campion under Bamburgh Castle today.

Karen Andrews @botanykaren.bsky.social · Aug 7

The thistle was stunning.

Karen Andrews @botanykaren.bsky.social · Aug 7

This afternoon I enjoyed the detail in the flowers in the #GreatTapestryOfScotland

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Karen Andrews @botanykaren.bsky.social · Aug 7

My day 4 highlight from the #BSBI Annual Summer Meeting in Scotland was Field Gentian, Gentianella campestris.

Karen Andrews @botanykaren.bsky.social · Aug 7

My highlight from day 3 of the #BSBI Annual Summer Meeting in Scotland was Sagina nodosa, Knotted Pearlwort with Parnassia palustris,Grass-of-Parnassus, open and in bud. Not a bad assemblage.

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · Aug 6

Having a fantastic week at the @bsbibotany.bsky.social summer meeting. Finding a fantastic range of sedges and grasses. Highlight of my week is finding Carex x boenninghausiana, the hybrid between remota and paniculata. Hierochloe odorata, Calamagrostis stricta and it's hybrid C. x gracilescens.

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Karen Andrews @botanykaren.bsky.social · Aug 5

Sabulina (Minuartia) verna, Spring Sandwort, at St Abb‘s Head on day 2 of #BSBI Annual Summer Meeting.

Karen Andrews @botanykaren.bsky.social · Aug 4

This southerner at the #BSBI Annual Summer Meeting in Scotland was delighted 🤩 to finally see Grass of Parnassus on Day One at Blackpool Moss. No mean feat to photograph it in the wind as Storm Floris was sweeping in.

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Karen Andrews @botanykaren.bsky.social · Jul 20

This wasn’t really this week, but this recent intrepid harebell on a slag heap at Priddy Mineries deserves a spotlight in the #HarebellChallenge for #Wildflowerhour , doesn’t it?

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Karen Andrews @botanykaren.bsky.social · Jul 13

Today I had a go at getting to grips with those tricky Epilobiums. Here is Hoary or Hairy Willowherb, Epilobium parviflorum, as seen today in VC8 near VC6 border at Alfred‘s Tower, Stourhead with #wiltsBotSoc #hairyplants #wildflowerhour

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Fran Sinclair @notfrangible.bsky.social · Jul 6

Great habitats at Priddy Mineries on yesterday’s #WiltsBotSoc visit, wonderful plant communities and Euphrasia just about everywhere.

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Karen Andrews @botanykaren.bsky.social · Jul 6

Ivy-leaved Bellflower, Wahlenbergia hederacea, as seen with #SRPG today on Exmoor. Unfortunately, no sun to coax the flowers out. #wildflowerhour

Karen Andrews @botanykaren.bsky.social · Jul 4

Black-tailed Skimmer seen at Priddy Mineries today.

Karen Andrews @botanykaren.bsky.social · Jul 4

Harebells at Priddy Mineries, Somerset today.

Karen Andrews @botanykaren.bsky.social · Jul 4

A lift in my car may not be so bad after all. At least it goes to the best botanical places and with the luxury of air conditioning these days. You may just need to do the map reading so we don’t get lost! 🤣😂

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Karen Andrews @botanykaren.bsky.social · Jun 29

🥵 Too hot out in the sun botanising today. Instead, I spent a lovely day focused on Snake’s-head Fritillaries at @floodplainmead.bsky.social craft workshop in Cricklade. Results are not too shabby given my usually poor artistic skills. 😃 Thank you to Alice, Emma and Olivia.

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Karen Andrews @botanykaren.bsky.social · Jun 28

I’m fascinated by the daily unfurling fronds of my Sago Palm, Cycas revoluta. #houseplants

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · Jun 27

🌱🌳 Planting trees isn't just about tossing seeds or seedlings in the ground. It’s about growing them in the right ways.

Here's some #GenerationRestoration guidance to make every tree count.

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