Hello my friends! 

It’s been a while since I’ve delved into plant folklore, so I figured why not look at three plants from my garden and see if they have any related quirky myths or tales (which of course the do!).

I’m beginning to think that all plants have some sort of use or story associated with them.

I love a pin cushion flower and while the normal sort are quite ‘flat’ looking Devil’s-bit scabious (Succisa pratensis) blooms into tiny purple pompoms – they attract all sorts of pollinators and are the host food plant for the caterpillars of the Marsh Fritillary butterfly (I’ve yet to see these ones!) 

Hello my friends! 

As you know I love discovering the quirky myths, folklore and random stories about the plants I’m growing in my garden (I’m a total plant-nerd) and those that I find on my walking adventures. So seeing as it’s been a while since I posted one of these I thought I’d look at three of my favourite plants to see if there’s any fun stories relating to them!!

I love a thistle (Cirsium vulgare) they are plants in the Asteraceae family (which believe it or not is the daisy family) and are noted for having prickly leaves and purple, pink, or white flower heads. I grow many, many thistles in the garden and even a random one thats (for some unknown reason) growing in amongst the grass that I don’t have the heart to mow over.

Hello my friends! 

How are you?!

I skipped last week because its been so sunny here its really quite distracting and I love it, the plants have tripled in size and I’ve already had ten different types of butterfly in the garden!

This week I thought I’d post another floral folklore, I’m always surprised by how folklore changes the way we interact with the plants around us so I’ve chosen three plants currently flowering in the wildspace all with purple-ish hues!

These lovely little Cuckoo flowers (Cardamine pratensis) pop up all over the garden in spring and they are so delicate, in English speaking countries they actually have a few other names – Lady’s smock/Mayflower or Milkmaids and are actually a member of the same plant family as cabbages!