Wild Flowers of Britain: Over a Thousand Species By Photographic Identification (A Pan Original)

Product Information

We use Google Analytics to see what pages are most visited, and where in the world visitors are visiting from. Daisies, dandelions and thistles are not as hard to identify as they look at first – even the yellow ones!

Rittson Thomas takes us on a remarkable journey through some of the most beautiful wildflower meadows, from the Viking meadows of Muker in Yorkshire’s rolling dales to the unique culm grass meadows of Cornwall. The Coronation Meadows project, led by Plantlife and in partnership with The Wildlife Trusts and the Rare Breeds Survival Trust, is working to achieve this goal, and in this book renowned photographer Hugo Rittson Thomas captures the extraordinary results of this important conservation project. Whether you're passing Cornish hedgerows, Welsh woodlands, Yorkshire moorlands or a dramatic section of the Scottish coastline, having the right guide in your pocket makes all the difference to your understanding of the area. It includes over 180 species and you can discover a wildflower’s size, habitat, flowering time, distribution and habits. Along the way, Leif highlights the joy and positivity that can be found through understanding nature and why it is so desperately important to protect our wildflowers.

a masterpiece of clarity and conciseness, homing in on diagnostic floral and vegetative detail gleaned from years out in the field. His journey takes him from the Cornish coast to the pine forests of Scotland – even to the streets of London, proving that nature can be found in the most unexpected places. A big name in the world of gardening, it’s no surprise Sarah Raven has an impressive understanding of wildflowers from harebells and forget-me-nots to foxgloves and wood spurge. From flowers of hedgerow and prairie to desert blooms and rainforest orchids, this book is bursting with beautiful wildflowers from different environments all around the world. A particularly appealing feature is the foldout insert which displays at-a-glance illustrations of flowers by colour so you can quickly spot what you’re looking for.

There is a little bit of useful knowledge on each plant also but it's not really wordy or hard to understand.Tim provides expert commentary which includes when and where and how easy or hard the species may be found, local Orkney names, identification pointers and revealing insights into past uses of the county's plants. A delightful, soothing book, packed with enlightening information about the natural world and the threats it faces. If not, it's now easy to find your way around a standard field guide with the knowledge you will have gained. Even if you don't care a jot for wild flowers, you should read it to find out how much you're missing out on - before it is too late. It features nearly 500 photographs and over 1000 species and demonstrates the importance of the relationship between nature and humans.

Each flower has been delicately illustrated by printmaker Tom Frost to capture its individual characteristics, and is accompanied by information about the plant family to which it belongs and where it can be found, plus associated facts and fables.If your book has a general key, you could start right at the beginning and try to work your way through until you find your flower. If you’re keen to invest in a user-friendly guide, this is a solid choice as the species are organised first by colour so by no means do you have to be an expert to benefit from this read. This wildflower identification book aims to make the art of identifying wildflowers in Britain and Ireland as easy as possible through use of clear language and useful close-ups.

As a lace maker and author these designs are very useful as inspiration for lace patterns for my teaching and in my books. Leif graduated from the University of Oxford in 2016, going on to complete a genetics PhD at Kew Gardens. Just study the diagrams and work through the flowcharts to learn 20 of the commonest species of grasses. For Francis Rose's exceptional range of ecological knowledge grants him special insights from which we can all absorb new information and stimulating ideas.This is the perfect companion to any field guide, taking you through the basics of field botany with lots of essential information, guidance and entertainment on the way. We’ve rounded up the best wildflower identification books so you can learn more about the beautiful and intriguing wildflowers you come across when you’re exploring the British countryside. Perennial favourite, our field-friendly guide to identifying wild flowers through the families they belong to. The calendar layout gives an excellent illustration of flowers,leaves, fruit, plants and all manner of things you may come across while out and about.