Throughout the hedgerows in the land destined for redevelopment, little islands of colour are appearing.
The Lesser Celandine ( Ranunculus ficaria) from the buttercup family, sometimes called the spring messenger because it flowers so early, brings brilliant yellow happy faces to the clumps of green leaves. Wordsworth wrote several poems about this humble flower. Note the spider who found his way into my photograph!
Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederacea),has small pretty purple flowers. Also known as creeping jenny. The leaves can be used in salad and it has many medicinal uses. Wild bees are attracted to it.
The White Deadnettle ( Lamium album) looks very much like the stinging nettle but does not sting. The flowers are brilliant white and the leaves are edible.
and this is the commonly found Spotted Deadnettle (Lamium Maculatum)
I showed the pretty cuckoo flowers , or Lady's Smock (Cardamine Pretensis) on a previous page, but let us look at them again as they definitely draw attention to themselves. It is a food plant for the orange tip butterfly.
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