The "what is that plant?" thread
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May I suggest you add the Latin names to your plant ID? Although we are a UK based forum we have participants from all over the world and the same common names apply to different species - even in the UK there is room for confusion. I know it seems a bit laborious but it is good practice 
Particularly relevant when you start talking about Hemlocks and other umbellifers.
Particularly relevant when you start talking about Hemlocks and other umbellifers.
Fennel, Foeniculum Vulgare, fantastic herb. Smells amazing, goes great with fish dishes!
A big part of me thinks this might go very well in a G&T....
A big part of me thinks this might go very well in a G&T....
Fragaria vesca, wild strawberry! What a beauty. The fruit is unlike cultivated varieties. Small, soft, sweet, not juicy! But lovely. A proper treat. Toddy reckons the leaves make a good tea, I'll be giving that a go soon
Chicory. All parts are edible but bitter. The root can be roasted to make a coffee substitute.
Most of mine have blown over but they carry on undeterred!My chicory is just about to bloom, but though it's a tall-ish plant usually, this year it's way over 2m high.
It's a very pretty flower indeed
I‘m not sure I’ve ever seen it growing, the flower is striking enough to have turned my head.My chicory is just about to bloom, but though it's a tall-ish plant usually, this year it's way over 2m high.
It's a very pretty flower indeed
I'm no expert but the woodland I've been walking through our new dog is full of these at the moment.
Orchids of some type? Anyone?
Orchids of some type? Anyone?
Looks like the top one is common spotted Orchid, credit to plantnet. The 2nd is not so sure on the specifics, but definitely an orchid.
This is everywhere here, Common Marjoram (Origanum vulgare). I don’t see the white flowered version much, but there are swathes of purple everywhere at the moment, it’s lovely to brush through walking the dogs. And of course, any tomato dish’s best friend.
A few years ago now (about 30, I’ve just worked out!), me and my best mate decided to go and live by the River Arun for a couple of weeks in an old chalk quarry. Every so often we’d need to stock up on food, so I raided my folks freezer and nabbed 4 big pork chops. We dug some Ramson bulbs up from the riverbank and grabbed a handful of the wild Marjoram, wrapped the chops in foil with the herbs and put them over the fire. One of the finest meals I’ve ever had.
A few years ago now (about 30, I’ve just worked out!), me and my best mate decided to go and live by the River Arun for a couple of weeks in an old chalk quarry. Every so often we’d need to stock up on food, so I raided my folks freezer and nabbed 4 big pork chops. We dug some Ramson bulbs up from the riverbank and grabbed a handful of the wild Marjoram, wrapped the chops in foil with the herbs and put them over the fire. One of the finest meals I’ve ever had.
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The white one is a white version of the Common Spotted Orchid. Bit like the Marjoram I suppose.
I shouldn't be surprised but after finding spearmint earlier this week just tonight I've happened across water mint, mentha aquatica. At first I thought it was Mentha Arvensis, Corn Mint, but they never flower on the very end of the stem like water mint does.
Makes a very nice cuppa, a little more mint and less sweet than the spearmint, but still very pleasant.
Makes a very nice cuppa, a little more mint and less sweet than the spearmint, but still very pleasant.
I do love Spearmint, it’s a favourite for sweet Moroccan tea.
Walked the dogs down at Hayling Island a couple of weeks ago, brought some salty Samphire (Salicornia europaea) home. I must take scissors next time, it’s hard to pick without uprooting it from the mud.
More recently I’ve been using PlantNet to identify several other species growing with the Marjoram I posted above.
Mugwort (Artimesia vulgaris)
Butter and Eggs (Lineria vulgaris). What a lovely name for a plant
Queen Anne’s Lace (Daucas carot) though might be Laceflower (Rouya polygama) as another photo of the same plant with its flowers fully open identified as Laceflower.
And finally, one from my garden, a Globe Artichoke
Walked the dogs down at Hayling Island a couple of weeks ago, brought some salty Samphire (Salicornia europaea) home. I must take scissors next time, it’s hard to pick without uprooting it from the mud.
More recently I’ve been using PlantNet to identify several other species growing with the Marjoram I posted above.
Mugwort (Artimesia vulgaris)
Butter and Eggs (Lineria vulgaris). What a lovely name for a plant
Queen Anne’s Lace (Daucas carot) though might be Laceflower (Rouya polygama) as another photo of the same plant with its flowers fully open identified as Laceflower.
And finally, one from my garden, a Globe Artichoke
Lovely, I like the alternative name of birdsfoot trefoil too, 'eggs and bacon' they both fit well
I think that’s the one my mum calls Lady’s Slippers?Lovely, I like the alternative name of birdsfoot trefoil too, 'eggs and bacon' they both fit well
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