Rectory Farm, Checkley. Photographed by William Blake.
The Rectory Farm, Checkley, Staffordshire.
Red Campion, or Silene dioica
You will find this biennial or perennial plant growing in Staffordshire's woods and hedgerows.
Flowering between May and November, it can reach a height of 80cm.
This example was found growing in ...
Wild Strawberry, or Fragaria vesca
This perennial spreads across hedgebanks, railway embankments and clearings by spreading its runners.
Flowering between April and July, it can grow to a height of 15cm and produces fruit until October.
This ...
Wood avens, or Geum urbanum
This so-called "blessed herb," also known as "avens" or "herb bennet," is a perennial found in woods and shady hedgerows.
Flowering between May and August, it can grow to a height of 60cm.
This ...
Wood-sorrel, or Oxalis acetosella
This common perennial occurrs in woods and hedgebanks, growing up to 15cm and flowering between April and June.
This specimen was found in Cuckoo Cage Woods, Tatenhill, by local naturalist Don Brown ...