Comfrey has had a long relationship with humans. It grows in sun or shade in damp areas. Look for it near ditches or river banks. Or in damp wasteland or grassland. It appears throughout summer and has white or pink flowers. It’s one of those plants you don’t notice until you do, and then you …
The unassuming Dock is the kind of plant you don’t notice. It has large, slightly leathery looking leaves, sometimes with red spots or a red line down its centre. Definitely what people call a weed, with no pretty flowers. I think of it as a kind plant for it is often found growing among stinging …
“And then my heart with pleasure fills, and dances with the daffodils.” William Wordsworth’s famous poem embodies the sudden appearance of the yellows and golds of spring. Daffodils push through the greys and browns of the winter flower bed and the colours bring a sense of renewal and rebirth. This year the spring seems even …