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  • Lesser celandine: greeting the sun

    March 15, 2016 /

    Star-like flowers of pure yellow welcome the first spring sunshine

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    Marsh marigold: the yellow plant of Beltane

    April 29, 2016

    Golden saxifrage

    April 6, 2018

    Plant-hunting in Sutherland

    July 23, 2025
  • The primrose: herald of spring

    March 6, 2014 /

    In March, the sweet yellow heads of primroses start to appear in the hedgerows. As one of the first signs of spring, they make a heartwarming sight!

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    The dog rose

    August 15, 2015

    Sycamore: colonist or custodian?

    October 6, 2017

    Morvern: black rocks and white water

    October 27, 2022
  • Windflowers – tears of Aphrodite

    May 17, 2013 /

    According to a Greek legend, wood anemones - or windflowers - sprang up where the tears of Aphrodite fell. A lovely story, although she must have wept quite a lot, poor girl!

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    Lochbuie Stone Circle and Moy Castle, Isle of Mull

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    Morvern: black rocks and white water

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