Spring Flowers

Bluebells in Ashurst Woods

Greater Stitchwort Stellaria holostea

Spring flowers have been early and abundant this year and here are just a few examples.  Bluebells have been terrific and Ashurst Woods has been a wonderful sight.  There are lots of other flowers besides bluebells in the woods and some are easily overlooked - we tend to take them for granted.   But they are worth a closer look as these examples shoe.  Stitchwort and Celandines seem to have been especially abundant this year.

At first glance, Wood Spurge does not seem to have much to recommend it, and it can often look rather scruffy, but the curious flowers are very striking when you see them close up. Green flowers are an adaptation to living in shady conditions.

Wood Spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides