Primrose or Primula vulgaris
This perennial occurs in damp hedge bottoms and by streams in woods on limestone and clay.
Flowering between March and May, it can grow up to 20cm in length.
This example was found growing at Heathylee ...
Primula Vulgaris. Photographed by William Blake.
Study of Primula Vulgaris flowers.
Quarry and mine workings, Huntley, near Cheadle. Photographed by William Blake.
Derelict buildings at the quarry and gravel rocks at Huntley, near Cheadle.
Quarry, Lightwood
A sandstone and gravel quarry close to the Star and Garter Road. Possibly St. Bartholomew's Quarry.
Quarry, Lightwood
A sandstone and gravel quarry close to the Star and Garter Road. Possibly St. Bartholomew's Quarry.
Quarry, Lightwood
A sandstone and gravel quarry close to the Star and Garter Road.
Quarry, Lightwood
A sandstone and gravel quarry close to the Star and Garter Road.
Ragged Robin, or Lychnis flos-cuculi
A marshy place, upland stream or lowland meadow is where you must go to find this pink-flowering perennial plant.
In bloom in between May and June, it can reach a height of 70cm.
This example was ...
Ramshaw Rocks from the Roaches
The view looking eastwards from the southern end of the Roaches. The craggy skyline in the left distance is Ramshaw Rocks.
A photograph by Longton photographer William Blake.
Raven's Tor, Dovedale
A view of Dovedale, looking north, with Raven's Tor (Staffordshire) to the left and Baley Hill (Derbyshire) to the right.
Photographer: William Blake of Longton.
Reclaimation and landscaping in the Fenton Park area, Stoke-on-Trent
The camera is looking north east from the Fenton Park area over Victoria Road (hidden) towards Hanley. On the extreme right is the spoil tip of Berry Hill Colliery and Brickworks with the tips in Hanley ...
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 ...
Red Dead-nettle or Lamium purpureum
Red Dead-nettle is a very common annual weed found on roadsides and waste places.
Flowering between March and October, it can grow up to a height of 40cm.
This example was found growing at Maer ...
Reflections, Stanley Pool. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape taken at Stanley, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Reflections, Stanley Pool. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape taken at Stanley, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Reservoir Fields, Meir Road, Normacot
The Hillside housing estate was built here later. Meir Church can be seen in the background.
Rhoddendrons, Hardiwick Heath. Photographed by William Blake.
Photograph of Rhododenrons taken at Hardiwick Heath, Staffordshire.