Newtonmore Wildflowers

 I benefit from having botanical spies around the area... Geoff who runs Balsporran Cottages B&B just by the A9, south of Dalwhinnie, go...

 I have been doing some weeding in my flower border as two plants are spreading and taking over.  They are both in the bedstraw family, so t...

Twice a year I survey a few plots for the NPMS ( National Plant Monitoring Scheme ). All my plots are in the 1 km x 1 km square which has th...

In the last post, I went to look for what was flowering along the A9, but much to my surprise I found that there were some unexpected lichen...

 North of Kingussie is a stretch of the "new" A9 where it has been upgraded into dual carriageway (much to the relief of locals as...

 I have really been enjoying the recent sunny weather with clear blue skies, followed by a frost at night.  This year the plants seem quite ...

Today I saw my first Celandines in flower.  Lesser Celandine Their scientific name is Ranunculus ficaria.  The buttercup also belongs to the...