Dave
@sylvatica2024.bsky.social
Self taught botanist living in Cornwall, formerly Kent. Hoping to spread the joys of nature to others through my posts.
Cornwall blog at: https://sylvatica2022.blogspot.com/
Kent blog at: https://barbus59.blogspot.com/
Cornwall blog at: https://sylvatica2022.blogspot.com/
Kent blog at: https://barbus59.blogspot.com/
I think you need capsules to sort out the trickier Campanulas that are grown in gardens. The wild ones (UK) are easy by comparison.
January 12, 2026 at 11:20 PM
I think you need capsules to sort out the trickier Campanulas that are grown in gardens. The wild ones (UK) are easy by comparison.
Mine's an ex student library book from Cornwall Council
January 12, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Mine's an ex student library book from Cornwall Council
It's not one I find as a garden escape, I tend to find C. portenschlagiana and C. poscharskyana, which are definitely hardy.
January 11, 2026 at 11:40 AM
It's not one I find as a garden escape, I tend to find C. portenschlagiana and C. poscharskyana, which are definitely hardy.
And an illustration
January 10, 2026 at 10:19 PM
And an illustration
Here’s what the book says about it
January 10, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Here’s what the book says about it
I don't know, I looked it up and you need details of the capsules to navigate the key!
January 10, 2026 at 8:13 PM
I don't know, I looked it up and you need details of the capsules to navigate the key!
There's no photos in the European Garden Flora, but there are keys separating the species which will be very useful when finding garden escapes in urban areas.
January 10, 2026 at 7:41 PM
There's no photos in the European Garden Flora, but there are keys separating the species which will be very useful when finding garden escapes in urban areas.
Fix your upload time for photos. It can take me more than a minute to upload 4 photos here, yet it takes just seconds on other platforms. and, as others have said allow photos to be sent in private messages please.
January 7, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Fix your upload time for photos. It can take me more than a minute to upload 4 photos here, yet it takes just seconds on other platforms. and, as others have said allow photos to be sent in private messages please.
Thanks Louise,
very kind of you.
very kind of you.
January 7, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Thanks Louise,
very kind of you.
very kind of you.
I don't think we found the bottom 2 in flower on previous hunts in Meva, did we?
January 6, 2026 at 7:51 PM
I don't think we found the bottom 2 in flower on previous hunts in Meva, did we?
I found a flowering Wild Turnip in two feet of snow when the Beast from the East hit Kent some years back.
January 6, 2026 at 6:33 PM
I found a flowering Wild Turnip in two feet of snow when the Beast from the East hit Kent some years back.
The Cornish population is on top of a very high sea cliff and over a barbed wire fence but well worth it. Tiny population compared to Dawlish though
January 5, 2026 at 3:33 PM
The Cornish population is on top of a very high sea cliff and over a barbed wire fence but well worth it. Tiny population compared to Dawlish though
Don’t forget the Cornish Orchis simia!
January 5, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Don’t forget the Cornish Orchis simia!
I spent ages once looking in the books for a white flowered Hypericum only to realise the upper leaves had deformed and turned white!
January 5, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I spent ages once looking in the books for a white flowered Hypericum only to realise the upper leaves had deformed and turned white!
There’s a cultivar name on the BSBI DDb for it but I can’t remember it. It was found on the Mousehole hunt which is on the BSBI results page
January 5, 2026 at 8:54 AM
There’s a cultivar name on the BSBI DDb for it but I can’t remember it. It was found on the Mousehole hunt which is on the BSBI results page
Keep an eye out for the Early or Wood dog Violet too, I've found a few within a few miles of Wadebridge. The spur is different to the Common Dog Violet, here's a photo of one found at SW97727090 top petals are almost always swept back too.
January 4, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Keep an eye out for the Early or Wood dog Violet too, I've found a few within a few miles of Wadebridge. The spur is different to the Common Dog Violet, here's a photo of one found at SW97727090 top petals are almost always swept back too.
I found Portland Spurge sort of flowering 2 days ago too. 😉
January 4, 2026 at 9:37 PM
I found Portland Spurge sort of flowering 2 days ago too. 😉
And your cabbage looks like cabbage! However, if it's a cultivar I don't know which one.
January 4, 2026 at 9:36 PM
And your cabbage looks like cabbage! However, if it's a cultivar I don't know which one.
The "Field Madder" I think, is Galium aparine (Cleavers) and the white bits are where the plant has lost its chlorophyll for some reason. Creeping Thistles often get this too and other plants when you get herbicide drift.
January 4, 2026 at 9:35 PM
The "Field Madder" I think, is Galium aparine (Cleavers) and the white bits are where the plant has lost its chlorophyll for some reason. Creeping Thistles often get this too and other plants when you get herbicide drift.
Lovely, I'll keep an eye out for that one.
January 4, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Lovely, I'll keep an eye out for that one.