A sad pub crawl around the hometown this afternoon. These were once the best pubs in town, now five of six are boarded up. A relief to find The Carps still going and much the same - they served me when I was 14 and still very good for a pint

Excellent, I have plenty of biennial seed so we can swap:)

Some lovely large cabbagey rosettes of Henbane Hyoscyamus niger on the NW Norfolk coast today. This population seems to be habitually biennial.

Absolutely! Pertaining to these wrinkles

I’d semi wondered why they were called Bur-marigolds until I walked through them in my favourite jumper:( Clever tho, as their combination of beauty, interest and aggressive adherence has now transported them across the country. We’re all unknowing slaves to Bidens bidding

Passiflora caerulea is a recordable weed in and around my garden. I still find it extraordinary that such an exotic looking thing is not just hardy but almost invasive in the right conditions

They’re both about.. Essex is certainly the place to be for Lesser Calamint tho

Calamint Clinopodium ascendens flowering regrowth on an Essex road verge today

BBC University challenge picture round on plant illustrations taken from original ‘Scouting for Boys’ book. One word answer required. They got the Oak on second guess but none of others. I am always in awe of these students knowledge -but is this an example of ‘Plant Awareness Disparity’?

Whilst walking into the city today I noticed a Dandelion with swellings in the flower-stem. These galls turned out to be fungal, with the causer presumably Protomyces pachydermus.

Quiz Time. Seeds of a native British species (though these are from Continental stock), found on chalk in Southern England.