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#FavouritePlant #2 2026 — Bee Orchid f. bicolor. My wife and I found 39 in a single colony on private land this summer — an extraordinary number for a form so rarely seen in Britain, especially in VC29. And we hadn’t even searched the whole colony. Still slightly mind-blowing! 😅
#WildflowerHour

#FavouritePlant of 2026 — Oxlip.
We’re very lucky to have these growing locally in ancient woodland. Flowering in March, even before our county flower, the Pasqueflower, they mark the start of the wildflower season for me.
And I still enjoy being told they’re Cowslips 😅
#WildflowerHour

A few flowers still in bloom on Iorras Aithneach, Conamara: Harebell (Méaracán gorm, Campanula rotundifolia) #FavouritePlant, Marsh Woundwort (Cabhsadán, Stachys palustris), Devil’s Bit Scabious (Odhrach bhallach, Succisa pratensis) and Sea Rocket (Cearrbhacán mara, Cakile maritima) #WildflowerHour

Menyanthes trifoliata L. Bog Bean, in the folk pharmacopoeia of mainly northern bogs, prized as a tonic bitter, & for digestive problems. In Shetland as a cure for jaundice, & in Lewis for asthma, (clearing the tubes). There are pin-eyed and thrum-eyed variants. #FavouritePlant #WildflowerHour

My #FavouritePlant of 2026 for #wildflowerhour has to be this one. It’s been on my wish list for such a long time, the stunning hybrid between the Bee and Fly Orchid!
Such enchanting, fascinating flowers! 🪰🐝 🥰

Some York Groundsel Senecio eboracensis plants appear to have weathered the drought above ground, & are now in full flower. Good plants currently opposite York Station, convenient for the travelling botanist #wildflowerhour A #FavouritePlant of mine, having been involved in its de-extinction

White Bryony, Bryonia dioica.

Growing up the trading hut at our allotment site in Norwich.

A #favouriteplant for Sunday's #wildflowerhour.

My favourites are these lovely Globe Flowers from our long Fellwalk from lovely @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social Smardale @northpennines.bsky.social .Never seen so many of these flowers. #wildflower_hour #favouriteplant @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #cumbria

We're not meant to have favourites, but we all do... and this week, our friends at @wildflowerhour.bsky.social have given us all a free pass to share the wildflower finds that made our spirits soar this past year.

So this Sunday evening, share your #FavouritePlant of 2026 for #WildflowerHour.

Butterbur, Petasites hybridus.

A spectacular patch by the coast path between Wembury and Plymouth.

A #favouriteplant from March 2026.

For Sunday's #wildflowerhour.

Dandelions on the cliff edge at Happisburgh, Norfolk.

A #favouriteplant from April 2026. For Sunday's #wildflowerhour.

Marsh Pea, Lathyrus palustris.

A #favouriteplant from Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk in June 2026. For Sunday's #wildflowerhour.

Sea Bindweed, Calystegia soldanella.

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A #favouriteplant from Sandscale Haws, Cumbria in June 2026. For Sunday's #wildflowerhour.

For the last weekly challenge, we want to know what was your favourite plant that you’ve spotted from across Britain and Ireland this year? Share your pics for #wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm using the hashtag #favouriteplant and we’ll celebrate it with you! 🥳🌿🌸