There's nothing quite like walking into an Irish woodland in spring and being greeted by a vibrant carpet of flowering bluebells. One of Ireland's most familiar and striking wild flowers, bluebells are found all over the country. A display of the flowers en-masse is breath-taking: a true wild phenomenon. The Bluebell is a wild member of the hyacinth family, and although common … [Read more...] about Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)
Plants
Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Dandelions are found all over Ireland and are one of our most widespread and successful wildflowers. They grow almost anywhere; their unmistakable yellow flowers, their downy seed-heads and their familiar toothed leaves greet us from hedgerow and pasture, meadow and parkland, roadside verge and garden. The plants are at their most prolific in early spring and summer, but … [Read more...] about Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
