Over April and May more and more plants, trees and shrubs come into the flower. Up in the mountains purple saxifrage is among the first to come into bloom and in the woods, primroses, snow drops and wood sorrel flower early. In this blog I have listed some of the flowering plants, trees and shrubs I have come across in the last two months whilst out and about hillwalking and on Duke of Edinburgh’s Award expeditions. Most of the photos were taken in the Lomond’s of Fife hills and the countryside around Strathblane, north of Glasgow. One of my favourites is the periwinkle Vinca minor with it’s propellor shaped petals.
Blaeberry Vaccinium myrtillus
European Larch Larix decidua
Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Colt’s-foot Tussilago farfara
Loddon Lily Leucojum aestivum
Wood Sorrel Oxalis acetosella
Wavy Bittercress Cardamine flexuosa
Gorse Ulex
Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa
Cookcoo Flower Cardamine pratensis
Yellow Rattle Rhinanthus minor
Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium
Violet Viola odorate
Lesser Celadine Ranunculus ficaria
Dafodil Narcissus
Cowslip Primula veris
Primrose Primula vulgaris
Wood Forget-me-not Myosotis sylvatica
Purple Saxifrage Saxifraga oppositifolia