Rosemary Lanning

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@herdyshepherd1 Galanthus S Arnott. Tall, honey scented and prolifically self-seeding (though slightly more expensive than g. Nivalis)

Random question - what type of snowdrops are the prettiest? Mrs R wants a bank of them behind the farmhouse - of you have a surplus after they’ve flowered and are anywhere near let me know

#plantID please. A tall flower spike - about 4 ft - growing in a flowerbed, so it may not grow so tall in the wild. Popular with bees.

#plantID please. This is about 4 feet tall and has planted itself in a flowerbed, so may be shorter if growing on poorer soil. It is popular with bees.

@GilbertWhites Nice one! Can't see the join.

A more unusual #SelborneSighting today from our garden!

Verbascum virgatum? Twiggy mullein. #plantID

Can anyone ID this flower seen on my walk today on the edge of a wooded area of chalk downland? @BSBIbotany

#wildflowerhour #perennialsowthistle @BSBIbotany #hairyplants

@ellielanning Will it measure up to Empshott's high standard? 😉 I'll ask the girls if they would like to go.

#BeMoreGilbert #quarantine nature observation. @GilbertWhites what is this iridescent little beetle observed today?

@GilbertWhites @BFI The commentary is hilarious.

Looking for something to watch? The @BFI have this great film about Gilbert White & Selbrone from 1944! player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watc…

@ellielanning Just my understated style

@ellielanning 😁

@ellielanning Now you know - as if you didn't already - why I'm a feminist.

@thedailymash But does "Santa", i.e. his mum, still give him a Christmas stocking?

34-year-old furious his mother hasn’t bought him an advent calendar buff.ly/2BHF8aK

@ellielanning 25 is my score, I think. Some are on our shelves if you want to read them, though I don't necessarily recommend them! And 2 are on my "to read" pile.

@tuberrose oh dear, only read 15 of these

@crawley_mick @BSBIbotany Watch out for this. Once you have it between your paviors it is invasive.

While pavement-gazing, you may come across a rare but increasing miniature spurge. You’ll need your x 10 to see that it’s a Euphorbia: a prostrate plant with pinkish stems and brown spotted leaves. Euphorbia maculata from N. America. At Silwood, its habitat is brick paviors.

#namethatplant Unidentified flower found in lawn at edge of new turf. Can you help @BSBIbotany ?

@RobGMacfarlane @kiell Kanchenjunga