The 2010 botany season as I write is almost over. I have found many new plants for my Wild Flower Society Diary this year especially many garden escapes. On the weekend of the 9th and 10th October Eileen and I spent the two days exploring the area between Beccles and Kessingland for late flowers and to recce for the last day and week hunt of 2010.
We had often passed Ellough churchyard just south east of Beccles but it seemed to be bare of flowering plants. Well on the Saturday we decided to have a look round. Immediately as we embarked from our car the locally common Chicory ( Chicorium intybus.) was found and as is typical around here only a single plant was seen. We on entering the churchyard agreed it was rather barren but on reaching the middle of the vast rank grass we found three Harebells. (Campanula rotundifolia.) A real rarity now and sadly decreasing. Oh how often have we passed these “poor” sites only to stop one day and find something as lovely as the Harebell. Finally as we left we flushed a real life Hare!.
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