Jo Parmenter
@jo-the-botanist.bsky.social
Norfolk-based #BSBI #IAmABotanist & consultant ecologist (semi-retired, in order to spend more time looking at plants). Hobbies/Interests: looking at plants. Oh, and I cook things, too (including plants).
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Def looks like C plumbaginoides .... can barely keep one alive here, but London is a bit warmer!
November 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Def looks like C plumbaginoides .... can barely keep one alive here, but London is a bit warmer!
Also have a glass of wine, but second glass due to what's going on elsewhere....
November 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Also have a glass of wine, but second glass due to what's going on elsewhere....
Take a photo if you can find it again?
November 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Take a photo if you can find it again?
You can also keep your botanical brains alive by coming out with #NorfolkFloraGroup over the winter. We botanise every Saturday unless the forecast is particularly unpleasant.
November 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
You can also keep your botanical brains alive by coming out with #NorfolkFloraGroup over the winter. We botanise every Saturday unless the forecast is particularly unpleasant.
... or worse... I had to accompany @david-lester.bsky.social when he was doing urban bird recording for the #NorfolkBirdAtlas as he was concerned that a single male with binoculars might be mistaken for a creeper/peeper
November 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
... or worse... I had to accompany @david-lester.bsky.social when he was doing urban bird recording for the #NorfolkBirdAtlas as he was concerned that a single male with binoculars might be mistaken for a creeper/peeper
May be safest to give up the falling asleep in the sun after lunch thing ...
November 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
May be safest to give up the falling asleep in the sun after lunch thing ...
Love the colour scheme you've chosen for this winter's sheep
November 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Love the colour scheme you've chosen for this winter's sheep
(no insult whatsover intended towards golem - my understanding is that they are a helpful and supportive entity)
November 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
(no insult whatsover intended towards golem - my understanding is that they are a helpful and supportive entity)
Actually, I think I may have spotted a hominin (or a golem, at the very least) peeking out of the sand there in the foreground ....
November 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Actually, I think I may have spotted a hominin (or a golem, at the very least) peeking out of the sand there in the foreground ....
Not great now, but I think it could be a lot, lot, worse.
November 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Not great now, but I think it could be a lot, lot, worse.
Yeah - Hazel made us go to the pub
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Yeah - Hazel made us go to the pub
You see - if we didn't force you all to botanise until it got dark, you wouldn't have found night-flowering catchfly in full flower!
November 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
You see - if we didn't force you all to botanise until it got dark, you wouldn't have found night-flowering catchfly in full flower!
That looks about right to me. The red clover is quite pale and quite upright, so may be an agricultural cultivar (sounds like a seedmix was used, which would explain that one!)
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
That looks about right to me. The red clover is quite pale and quite upright, so may be an agricultural cultivar (sounds like a seedmix was used, which would explain that one!)