Honesty (Lunaria annua)THIS is a colourful plant, flowering in April and May, and making a splash of purple amongst the surrounding greenery. It belongs to the family Cruciferae (the cabbage…

A TREE planting group has branched out and planted more than 1,000 saplings despite severe limitations caused by the Covid-19 lockdown.Trees for Teesdale expanded last year to include a new…

Aaron’s Rod, Great Mullein (Verbascum thapsus)THIS is a weed common in waste places, roadsides and field edges, but the five feet inflorescence is quite dramatic in appearance. It belongs to…

Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)BLUEBELLS get off to a flying start, flowering quite early on in May. These iconic harbingers of the coming summer carpet our woodlands with vast swathes of blue…