Best Plant Finds of 2026
-
Galium murale (Small Cleavers), 1st Jan, by garage entrance at the bottom of a lane off Maple Rd, Bishopston at ST59217628; 11th Feb, at the base of a wall, Trym Rd, Westbury-on-Trym at ST57437744.
-
Clinopodium nepeta ssp. spruneri (Lesser Calamint), 1st Jan, two clumps in a patch of rough grass on edge of playing field near gardens, Horfield Common at ST59157639.
-
Campanula poscharskyana (Trailing Bellflower) pink form, 1st Jan, growing on the wall of no. 29 Hughenden Rd, Horfield at ST59107643; 4th Jan, growing by gateway of no 170. Coldharbour Rd, Redland at ST58047587.
-
Erysimum 'Canaries Yellow' (Wallflower 'Canaries Yellow') - possibly referable to E. rhaeticum (Swiss Treacle-mustard), 2nd Jan, one self-seeded plant still flowering, Narroways Rd, St Werburghs at ST60487512.
-
Cruciata laevipes (Crosswort), 15th Jan, patch on verge next to a gateway, Kellaway Crescent, Henleaze, Bristol at ST58967664; 8th Feb, clump on lane-side, Walliscote Rd, Goldenhill at ST58237671.
-
Capsella rubella (Pink Shepherd's-purse), 6th Mar, growing in local abundance between cobbles on Phoenix Wharf, Bristol Harbour at ST58857232.
-
Brassica oleracea var. viridis (Kale) the cultivar 'Red Russian', 6th Mar, abundant on dumped spoil beside the Avon New Cut on Commercial Rd, Bristol at ST58727207.
-
Cardamine corymbosa (New Zealand Bitter-cress), 28th Mar, growing between cobbles on Woodgrove Ln, Bristol at ST58107288.
-
Anemone coronaria (Poppy Anemone), 29th Mar, red form, single self-seeded plant growing between block paving in front of Redland View, on the corner between Egerton Rd and Gloucester Rd, Bristol at ST59077545.