Laurence Hill
@botanical-icones.bsky.social
A new Fritillaria meleagris icon just added to the database. This accession flowers in deciduous woodland before leaves emerge unlike most populations which are found in open grassland. www.fritillariaicones.com/icones/ic140...
July 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A new Fritillaria meleagris icon just added to the database. This accession flowers in deciduous woodland before leaves emerge unlike most populations which are found in open grassland. www.fritillariaicones.com/icones/ic140...
From Anna Atkins, Cecilia Glaisher, to Roger Phillips, and on into the digital era with Niki Simpson. Plant Photography in Botanical Scientific Dissemination, Moreno Diz & Legido Garcíaía in Artnodes (2025) in Spanish or English translation www.fritillariaicones.com/info/archive...
June 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
From Anna Atkins, Cecilia Glaisher, to Roger Phillips, and on into the digital era with Niki Simpson. Plant Photography in Botanical Scientific Dissemination, Moreno Diz & Legido Garcíaía in Artnodes (2025) in Spanish or English translation www.fritillariaicones.com/info/archive...
I liked 'Benton Blue Tit' which referenced it's pollination of Fritillaria imaperialis with the ripening capsules among the late spring flowers
June 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I liked 'Benton Blue Tit' which referenced it's pollination of Fritillaria imaperialis with the ripening capsules among the late spring flowers
Benton End Tit in Garden to Canvas: Cedric Morris & Benton End www.philipmound.com What do you see? Blue Tit feeding on Allium seeds. Just one other plant is setting seed, Fritillaria imperialis which 6 wks earlier the Blue Tit would have sipped its nectar and pollinated its flowers.
June 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Benton End Tit in Garden to Canvas: Cedric Morris & Benton End www.philipmound.com What do you see? Blue Tit feeding on Allium seeds. Just one other plant is setting seed, Fritillaria imperialis which 6 wks earlier the Blue Tit would have sipped its nectar and pollinated its flowers.
Mouse-ear Hawkweed (Pilosella officinarum) from nectar bar for this Hoverfly to studio ready for a portrait
June 2, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Mouse-ear Hawkweed (Pilosella officinarum) from nectar bar for this Hoverfly to studio ready for a portrait
Fantastic colour and hairy stems of Hogweed emerging in the meadows
- Heracleum sphondylium
- Heracleum sphondylium
May 30, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Fantastic colour and hairy stems of Hogweed emerging in the meadows
- Heracleum sphondylium
- Heracleum sphondylium
Join me for some Botanical Stories this Thursday hosted by Julia Trickey www.juliatrickey.co.uk
May 26, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Join me for some Botanical Stories this Thursday hosted by Julia Trickey www.juliatrickey.co.uk
A very busy open garden yesterday with over 2,500 visitors; today a return calm enjoying the wild Roses
May 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
A very busy open garden yesterday with over 2,500 visitors; today a return calm enjoying the wild Roses
For #NoMowMay, two views on lawns, part of Unearthed: The Power of Gardening @britishlibrary.bsky.social a 1832 Edwin Budding Lawn Mower and a Radical Call to Action by Sam Wallman
May 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
For #NoMowMay, two views on lawns, part of Unearthed: The Power of Gardening @britishlibrary.bsky.social a 1832 Edwin Budding Lawn Mower and a Radical Call to Action by Sam Wallman
A herbarium theme at the @linneansociety.bsky.social last night, @flannerm.bsky.social explored the many layers contained within pressed plant specimens. Also an opportunity to view a new Herbarium Cabinet by Tess & Alfred Newall on show in the library for London Craft Week
May 16, 2025 at 6:56 AM
A herbarium theme at the @linneansociety.bsky.social last night, @flannerm.bsky.social explored the many layers contained within pressed plant specimens. Also an opportunity to view a new Herbarium Cabinet by Tess & Alfred Newall on show in the library for London Craft Week
Fritillaria meleagris flower numbers down on Iffley Meadows, Oxford, with a very dry spring and warm sunny days. Also flower timing has narrowed between dryer northern and moist southern section
April 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Fritillaria meleagris flower numbers down on Iffley Meadows, Oxford, with a very dry spring and warm sunny days. Also flower timing has narrowed between dryer northern and moist southern section
It’s only early April but already the late flowering Fritillaria are blooming. Here is Fritillaria pallidiflora from a Kazakhstan collection.
April 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It’s only early April but already the late flowering Fritillaria are blooming. Here is Fritillaria pallidiflora from a Kazakhstan collection.
First Red Lily Beetle of 2025 spotted at RHS Wisley today on a Fritillaria imperialis
April 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
First Red Lily Beetle of 2025 spotted at RHS Wisley today on a Fritillaria imperialis
Fritillaria meleagris now in full bloom, both in the garden and in pots in the collection.
March 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Fritillaria meleagris now in full bloom, both in the garden and in pots in the collection.
This Fritillaria ionica subsp reiseri has taken its time to flower. Normally 5 or 6 years from seed, but this one has only produced leaves since 2011. Collection R & R Wallis 03-34/JJA 503.719 Aetolia, Greece
March 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This Fritillaria ionica subsp reiseri has taken its time to flower. Normally 5 or 6 years from seed, but this one has only produced leaves since 2011. Collection R & R Wallis 03-34/JJA 503.719 Aetolia, Greece
Early spring wildflowers facing the Atlantic on cliffs at St Non’s Bay, Pembrokeshire, Wales ( Sea Campion, Kidney Vetch )
March 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Early spring wildflowers facing the Atlantic on cliffs at St Non’s Bay, Pembrokeshire, Wales ( Sea Campion, Kidney Vetch )
The Enigmatic Snake’s-head Fritillary, part of Fritillaria Group Weekend events in Wales 15 & 16 March 2025 at National Botanic Garden of Wales. More details here www.fritillaria.org.uk
March 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The Enigmatic Snake’s-head Fritillary, part of Fritillaria Group Weekend events in Wales 15 & 16 March 2025 at National Botanic Garden of Wales. More details here www.fritillaria.org.uk
The Enigmatic Snake’s-head Fritillary - 11:00 Sunday 16 March, Theatre Botanical at National Botanic Gardens of Wales. A free lecture on Fritillaria meleagris in the wild, in cultivation, its ecology, and cultural history. Part of the Fritillaria Group and RHS Lily Group Weekend botanicgarden.wales
February 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The Enigmatic Snake’s-head Fritillary - 11:00 Sunday 16 March, Theatre Botanical at National Botanic Gardens of Wales. A free lecture on Fritillaria meleagris in the wild, in cultivation, its ecology, and cultural history. Part of the Fritillaria Group and RHS Lily Group Weekend botanicgarden.wales
Lots of images of the Snake’s-head Fritillaries (Fritillaria meleagris) posts to celebrate the Chinese Year of the Snake, just none showing why it’s called the Snake’s-head.
February 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Lots of images of the Snake’s-head Fritillaries (Fritillaria meleagris) posts to celebrate the Chinese Year of the Snake, just none showing why it’s called the Snake’s-head.
Final days of the Winter Show at Orleans House Gallery. Video on Ham Lands and the Meadow Community image online www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVoH...
January 29, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Final days of the Winter Show at Orleans House Gallery. Video on Ham Lands and the Meadow Community image online www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVoH...
Some roots from Soil: The World at Our Feet at Somerset house www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/soil
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Jo pearl - Unearthed Mycelium
Annals Davis - Saccharin officinarum
Joya Brarrow and Land Art Collective - Where Two Kingdoms Meet
Win van Egmond - Micro Life in Soil & Soil in Action
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Jo pearl - Unearthed Mycelium
Annals Davis - Saccharin officinarum
Joya Brarrow and Land Art Collective - Where Two Kingdoms Meet
Win van Egmond - Micro Life in Soil & Soil in Action
January 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Some roots from Soil: The World at Our Feet at Somerset house www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/soil
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Jo pearl - Unearthed Mycelium
Annals Davis - Saccharin officinarum
Joya Brarrow and Land Art Collective - Where Two Kingdoms Meet
Win van Egmond - Micro Life in Soil & Soil in Action
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Jo pearl - Unearthed Mycelium
Annals Davis - Saccharin officinarum
Joya Brarrow and Land Art Collective - Where Two Kingdoms Meet
Win van Egmond - Micro Life in Soil & Soil in Action
Soil: The World at Our Feet opened today at Somerset House. Great exhibition with stimulating visuals, fascinating stories about soil, microbes, insects, fungi and more www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/soil
January 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Soil: The World at Our Feet opened today at Somerset House. Great exhibition with stimulating visuals, fascinating stories about soil, microbes, insects, fungi and more www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/soil
Happy New Year
Looking forward to 2025
Looking forward to 2025
December 31, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Happy New Year
Looking forward to 2025
Looking forward to 2025
December 23, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Some fascinating art, science, specimens and artefacts about the 1987 Great Storm on display in the Library Reading Room, Herbarium Building, Kew Gardens www.kew.org/kew-gardens/...
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Turner’s Oak (Masumi Yamanaka), Marquette (Robert H Games), Microscope slide image of Tetracentron sinense root
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Turner’s Oak (Masumi Yamanaka), Marquette (Robert H Games), Microscope slide image of Tetracentron sinense root
December 5, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Some fascinating art, science, specimens and artefacts about the 1987 Great Storm on display in the Library Reading Room, Herbarium Building, Kew Gardens www.kew.org/kew-gardens/...
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Turner’s Oak (Masumi Yamanaka), Marquette (Robert H Games), Microscope slide image of Tetracentron sinense root
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Turner’s Oak (Masumi Yamanaka), Marquette (Robert H Games), Microscope slide image of Tetracentron sinense root