Thursday 6 October 2022

WALL-FLOWERS

No, not wallflowers, though I guess they can be wall-flowers, but plants which thrive even when restricted to the scarcely-detectable soil supply in the gap between tarmac and a wall.


Bird's-foot-trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)



Broad-leaved Willow-herb (Epilobium montonum)


Buddleia (Buddleja davidii)



Common Cat's-ear (Hypochoeris radicata)



Common Dog-violet (Viola riviniana)



Common Mallow (Maiva sylvestria)



Common Poppy (Papaver rhoeas)


Daisy (Bellia perennis)



Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium)


Greater Plantain (Plantago major)



Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)



Mouse-ear Hawkweed (Hieracium pilosell)



Nipplewort (Lapsana communis)



Pink Campion (a hybrid of Red Campion, Silene dioica and White Campion, Silene latifolia)



Red Dead-nettle (Lamium perpureum)



Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lanceolata)



Scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis)


Spreading Bellflower (Campanula patula)



White Dead-nettle (Lamium album)



















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I was in my leisure time Editor at Large of Art World magazine (which ran 2007-09) and now write freelance for such as Art Monthly, Frieze, Photomonitor, Elephant and Border Crossings. I have curated 20 shows during 2013-17 with more on the way. Going back a bit my main writing background is poetry. My day job is public sector financial management.

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