PLANT OF THE MONTH 

Something to look out for each month

Wild plants follow the weather so you may find plants appear earlier or are still around the next month

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Month                Plant                                                                                    Where to find

Januay             Winter Heliotrope (Petasites pyrenaicus)                 Barrow Hill                                                                           
February snowdrops Snowdrop

Many wooded areas in Henfield

Pinchnose Green

       
       
March  wild violets Wild Violets

In Hedgerows

On twitten between Daisycroft and Henfield Hall 

April bluebell Bluebells

Henfield Common,

Woods near Swains Farm

Downslink

       

 

 

May risy garlic Rosy Garlic Borrer Bank
June Kanpweed Common Knapweed Oreham Common, Henfield Common
       
July rosebay willow herb Rosebay Willow Herb meadows, grasslands, orchards
August scabious Devils bit Scabious Henfield Common
       
September ivy flowers Ivy flowers

Pinchnose Green

old trees everywhere

October sloe beries Sloe beries on Blackthorn

Hedgerows/footpaths

Oreham Common and all around the village

       
November waxcaps

Waxcaps (fungi  - almost a plant!)

Small & colourful. Waxcaps are under ever increasing environmental pressure as their natural grassland habitats are destroyed by chemical fertilisers.

St Peters Churchyard
December holly

Holly 

 

Everwhere

Merry Christmas

 

 
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