As I sat in the garden one warm June morning, a painted lady butterfly flew down to alight on a white anemone. |
It is known botanically as Anemone x hybrida and, despite being called the Japanese anemone, they actually originate from China. |
Ever since that day, every year in springtime the anemone, or wind flower, as it is known, rises from the ground. |
It is a blending of DNA from a zebra fish and either a jellyfish or sea anemone. |
A lot of our spring flowers are blue and include grape hyacinth, anemone blanda and forget-me-not which, once planted, is with you forever. |
In spring time the floor is bright with bluebells, wood anemone and wild daffodils and also supports the nationally rare coralroot bittercress. |