Red clover
trifolium pratense
Tughall links, dune slacks
White clover
trifolium repens
Tughall links, dune slacks
Lady’s bedstraw
gallium verum
Tughall links at Long Nanny estuary
Sea aster
aster tripolium
Long Nanny estuary, marsh
Sand lucerne
medicago sativa
Tughall links, dune slacks
Frosted orache
atriplex laciniata
Beadnell Bay shore edge
Germander speedwell
veronica chamaedrys
Tughall links, dune slacks
Jack go to bed at noon
tragopogon pratensis
Tughall links, dune slacks
gate to Long Nanny estuary
Hound’s tongue
cynoglossum officinale
Newton dunes, shore edge
Colt’s foot
tussilago farfara
Newton dunes, shore edge
Storksbill
erodium cicutarium
Beadnell carpark
Goosegrass
galium aparine
Tughall links, dune slacks
Meadow foxtail
alopecuris pratensis
Tughall links, dune slacks
Field horsetail
equisetum arvense
Newton links, dune slacks
Eyebright
euphrasia sp.
Newton links, dune slacks
Mouse-ear hawkweed
hieracium pilosella
Tughall links, dune slacks
White campion
silene latifolia
Long Nanny estuary, dune slacks
Silverweed
potentilla anserina
Tughall links, dune slacks
Birdsfoot trefoil
lotus corniculatus
Newton links, dune slacks
Hay rattle
rhinanthus minor
Tughall links, dune slacks
Hedge mustard
sisymbrium officinale
Tughall links, dune slacks
Sea sandwort
rhihonckenya peploides
Beadnell Bay shore edge
Sea mayweed
tripleurospermum maritimum
Newton links, dune slacks
Creeping thistle
cirsium arvense
Newton links, dune slacks
Spear thistle
cirsium vulgare
Tughall links, dune slacks
Sea blight
suaeda maritima
Long Nanny estuary shore
Sea thrift
armeria maritima
Long Nanny estuary shore
Ribwort plantain
plantago lanceolata
Tughall links, dune slacks
Bloody cranesbill
geranium sanguineum
Tughall links, dune slacks
Bush vetch
vicia sepium
Tughall links, dune slacks
Crosswort
galium cruciata
Tughall links, dune slacks
Stinging nettle
urtica dioica
Tughall links, dune slacks
Yellow scale
xanthoria parietina
Long Nanny estuary, footbridge
Yarrow
achillea millefolium
Newton links, dune slacks
Marram
ammophila arenaria
Tughall links, dune slacks
Gorse
ulex europaeus
Newton links path overlooking bay
Burnet rose
rosa spinosissima
Newton links dunes
Burnet rose
rosa spinosissima
Newton links dunes
Burnet rose
rosa spinosissima
Newton links dunes
Jack, go to bed at noon
achillea millefolium
Newton links, dune slacks
Red clover
White clover
Lady’s bedstraw
Sea aster
Sand lucerne
Frosted orache
Germander speedwell
Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon
Hound’s tongue
Coltsfoot
Storksbill
Goosegrass
Meadow foxtail
Field horsetail
Eyebright
Mouse-ear hawkweed
White Campion
Silverweed
Birdsfoot trefoil
Hay-rattle
Hedge mustard
Sea sandwort
Sea mayweed
Creeping thistle
Spear thistle
Sea blight
Sea thrift
Ribwort plantain
Bloody cranesbill
Bush vetch
Crosswort
Stinging nettle
Yellow scale
Yarrow
Marram
Gorse
Burnet rose
Burnet rose
Burnet rose
Jack, go to bed at noon
By Melanie Ashby
The Garden of Live Flowers is a very simple list poem, following summer and autumn days in the dune slacks with the wildflowers. Each image links to a large version if you would like to view in detail.
With thanks to Visting Artist Linda France for a shared love of the botanical, and for her expertise in the field. Also Dr PJ Gates – Phil Gates, Visitor in the School of Biological Sciences at Durham University who I found on Twitter (aka @seymourdaily) , who very kindly identified, checked and corrected where needed.