Greetings Card. Photography and Design by William Blake.
Greetings card with a flower and a view of Wetton Bridge, Staffordshire.
Blake produced many greetings cards, which were sold in his shop at Stafford Street, Longton. The street was renamed The Strand ...
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 ...
Hanley High School and the Causley Brook, Hanley
In the foreground is the valley of the Causley Brook with the relocated Hanley High School buildings in the background. Opened in 1952 the school was on Corneville Road. The buildings have been demolished.
This ...
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, ...
Heath Bedstraw or Galium saxatile
Heath Bedstraw is perennial of heaths and moors.
Flowering between May and August, it can grow to a height of 20cm.
This example was found growing at Milwich in Staffordshire, by Eric Edees.
About ...
Hedge Bindweed or Calystegia sepium
Hedge Bindweed, also known as Bellbine , is a perennial. It has long stems which climb over other hedgerow vegetation.
Flowering between July and September, its stem can grow up to 3m in length.
This ...
Hedge Woundwort or stachys sylvatica
Hedge Woundwort or Stachys sylvatica
Hedge Woundwort is a perennial found in woods hedges and shady places.
Flowering between May and August, it can grow up to a height of 80cm.
This example ...
Heybridge, Lower Tean
A view near Heybridge, Lower Tean, showing a foot bridge at the bottom of Mill Lane over the River Tean.
Photograph by William Blake of Longton.
Honeysuckle or Lonicera periclymenum
Honeysuckle is a shrub common in woods and hedgerows, where it climbs and trails around bushes and trees.
Flowering between June and September, it bears fruit between August and September. Its stem ...
Huntley Earthworks. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape including a view of the earthworks at Huntley, Staffordshire.
Ilam Rock, Dovedale
Landscape with a view of Ilam Rock, Dovedale, Staffordshire. This area is now part of the Peak District National Park.
Photographer: William Blake of Longton.
Ilam Rock, Dovedale
Landscape with a view of Ilam Rock, Dovedale, Staffordshire. This area is now part of the Peak District National Park.
Photographer: William Blake of Longton.
Ilam Rock, Dovedale
Landscape with a view of Ilam Rock, Dovedale, Staffordshire. This area is now part of the Peak District National Park.
Photographer: William Blake of Longton.
Indian Balsam, or Impatiens glandulifera
Although not native to Staffordshire, the Indian Balsam is becoming a common sight on the county's river banks.
Flowering between July and October, this plant can reach a towering 1.5 metres in height.
This ...
Jacob's Ladder, or Polemonium caeruleum
Often escaping from domestic gardens, this plant is confined to Carboniferous Limestone areas.
Flowering between May and July, it can grow up to 75cm in height.
This example was found growing near ...
Jacob's-ladder or polemonium caeruleum
Jacob's-ladder, also known as Ysgol Jacob , is a perennial frequently recorded as a garden escape, but as a plant confined to Carboniferous Limestone areas.
Flowering between May and July, it can grow ...