Cowberry, or Vaccinium vitisidaea
An evergreen shrub of acid heaths and moors.
Its pink or white flowers are on display between May and August, and it produces fruit between August and October.
The cowberry can grow up to 30cm in ...
Cowslip, or Primula veris
This perennial plant appears often on limestone hillsides.
It will frequently hybridise with a primrose, producing an Oxslip.
Flowering between April and May, it can grow up to 30cm in height.
This ...
Dandelion or taraxacum officinale
Dandelion is a very common perennial of roadsides and fields. It is a weed of lawns. There are many similar species of Dandelion. The flowers only open in full sunlight.
Flowering between March and ...
Darlaston. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape including woodland and lake. Taken at Darlaston, Nr. Stone, Staffordshire.
Duck Pool, Belmont, near Consall. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the Duck Pools, Belmont, near Consall.
Duck Pool, Belmont. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the Duck Pools, Belmont, Nr. Ipstones, Staffordshire.
Duck Pools, Belmont, near Consall. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the Duck Pools, Belmont, near Consall.
Eyebright or Euphrasia nemorosa
Eyebright is a perennial found in many limestone areas. It is one of several similar species.
Flowering between June and September, it can grow up to a height of 15cm.
This example was found growing ...
Foxglove or Digitalis purpurea
Foxglove, a biennial, prefers acidic soils in hedgerows and river banks.
Flowering between June and September and , it can grow up to 1m in height.
This example was found growing at Armitage in ...
Germander Speedwell or Veronica chamaedrys
Germander Speedwell is a common perennial found around hedgebanks.
Flowering between March and July, its can grow to a height of 35cm.
This example was found growing at Kinver in Staffordshire, ...
Girls at a Rudyard Hotel
With the coming of the railway, Rudyard Lake became a popular rural destination for the people of Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire.
It is interesting to note that the famous writer, Rudyard Kipling, ...
Goat's Rue, or Galega officinalis
This subshrub starts from the south and continues to colonise damp places.
Flowering between July and September, it can grow up to 150cm in height.
This example was found growing at Broughton Pool, ...
Great Hartwell Farm, Rough Close
View of a moated farm taken, Great Hartwell Farm, Rough Close, near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Photographed by William Blake.
Greetings Card. Longton Park. Photography and Design by William Blake.
Christmas Greetings Card with mistletoe and a view of Longton Park, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The park's official name is Queen's Park and it was officially opened on July 25th 1888 by George ...
Ground-ivy or Glechoma hederacea
Ground-ivy is a common perennial founds in woods and on hedgebanks. Its leaves spread to form mats.
Flowering between March and May, it grows to a height of around 25cm.
This example was found growing ...
Groundsel or Senecio vulgaris var. hibernicus
Groundsel is an abundant annual weed of gardens and waste places.
Flowering all year, it can grow up to a height of 40cm.
This example was found growing at Great Bridgeford in Staffordshire, by ...
Gypsywort or Lycopus europaeus
Gypsywort is a perennial found on river and canal banks and marshy places.
Flowering between June and September, it can grow up to a height of 1m.
This example was found growing at Lower Penn in ...
Harebell or Campanula rotundifolia
Harebell is a perennial found in dry grassy places on poor shallow soils.
Flowering between July and September, it can grow to a height of 25cm.
This example was found growing at Quarnford in Staffordshire, ...