#manchester garden

A snowdrop in my garden in February 2019

A Hellebore flowering in my garden in February 2019

Potentilla reptans, known as the creeping cinquefoil,European cinquefoilorcreeping tormentil in my garden June 2018.

Apparently, “Alcoholic extracts from roots of Potentilla reptans showed a moderate antimicrobial activity against common wound pathogens”, according to, Watkins F, Pendry B, Sanchez-Medina A, Corcoran O (November 2012). “Antimicrobial assays of three native British plants used in Anglo-Saxon medicine for wound healing formulations in 10th century England”

Pilosella aurantiaca in my garden June 9th 2018
aka fox-and-cubs,orange hawk bit,devil’s paintbrush,grim-the-collier

Wild Strawberry in my garden June 9th, 2018. 

Dog’s Tooth Violet aka Erythronium flowering in my garden at end of March 2018 before and after the rain. 

Thebulb is edible as a root vegetable, cooked or dried, and can be ground into flour. The leaves can also be cooked as a leaf vegetable. In Japan,Erythronium japonicum is called katakuri, and the bulb is processed to produce starch, which is used for food and other purposes.

A snowflake flowering in my garden on the first day of April. For some reason, Trump fans and the far right seem to think everyone who does not share their ideology and adulation for their hero is one of these. 

Lesser Celandine about to flower in my garden. Once a sunny April day arrives the shadier corners of my garden will have a brief carpet of yellow. 

An anemone about to flower in my garden amidst lesser celandine leaves in March 2018

A daffodil in my garden in February 2019

A crocus flowering in my garden in February 2019