In Lisvane is a tapestry of a lane, its banks starred with
stitchwort, studded with the gold of celandine, pink herb Robert and nodding purple violets.
The adventurous may prefer the gloriously-named varieties like greater
stitchwort, germander speedwell and treacle mustard.
Sitting for hours in front of computers can never compete with showing children the wonder of the seasons, local wildlife, not to mention spring flowers such as wood sorrel,
stitchwort and bluebells.
Now on the lane leading to my home, we have cow parsley, the last of the blue bells, dog violets, creeping buttercup, foxgloves,
stitchwort, cranesbill, ransom and red campion - it's beautiful and covered in butterflies and insects.
Roedd y botwm crys yn amlwg iawn (Stellaria holostea; greater
stitchwort) ac roedd suran y coed (Oxalis acetosella; wood sorrel) yn tyfu ymysg y mwsogl ar foncyff helygen oedd yn goferu dros yr afon.
In spring, banksides are covered in primrose, lesser celandine, wood sorrel and wild garlic, edging later into foxglove, red campion,
stitchwort, water avens and meadow sweet.
On grassy edges there are plants including ox eye daisy, red campion, greater
stitchwort and yarrow.
Roedd botwm crys (Stellaria holostea; greater
stitchwort) yn agor ei stigmu a'i antherau i'r haul ond cyn pen dim roeddwn i wrth git mochyn arall a sweny nant ymhell y tu l i mi.
Purple loosestrife, lizard's tail, Queen Anne's lace, purple coneflower, wild petunia, bouncing bet, Asiatic dayflower, sow thistle, white vervain, dogbane, black-eyed Susan, leatherflower, figwort, lesser
stitchwort, square-stemmed germander, pokeweed, St.
Underplant with a variety of flowers such as primroses, campion and
stitchwort, allowing some to spill on the roadside of the hedge.
'' Keep an eye out for swaying meadow buttercups, yellow rattle and bright white lesser
stitchwort all showing through the grass
Yellow lesser celandine, white
stitchwort and purple violets, amongst others, are taking advantage of the light which will be denied them once the trees come into leaf.
They looked brown and dejected, poor things; although Delia wrote under each one such names as
Stitchwort, Ladys Smock and Coltsfoot in her best Jacksons Upright Copy Book handwriting, it was difficult to imagine that these flattened corpses had once blown in the fields or nestled happily under green hedges.
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Stitchwort' ydi'r enw Saesneg arno f o, a Stellaria holostea ydi'r enw gwyddonol.
Eccleston Mere has common tern and great crested grebes with young, and plenty of red campion and
stitchwort in flower.
