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This week's #WildflowerHour challenge is #StoryPlants - plants about which you can tell a story or a fascinating fact.

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As we wait for the arrival of spring to catch up in some places, something a bit different for this week’s challenge! Many wild plants have interesting stories to tell. Find one & share your pics with a fascinating fact using hashtag #storyplants for #wildflowerhour Sunday 8-9pm!

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Roger Robinson Mar 26, 2023

Butcher's broom seen 22/3 nr Goring, Oxon. The name is said to derive from its use by butchers to scour their blocks & stalls. The plant was also used to deter mice from gnawing raw meat, the prickly stems making an impenetrable hedge around the flesh.#storyplants #wildflowerhour

Roger Robinson Mar 26, 2023

First cowslips of the year, seen yesterday at Streatley (W. Berks). An old traditional name is 'keyflowers'. In Norse mythology the plant was dedicated to Odin’s wife, Freya, & symbolised the keys to that goddess’s treasure palace. #storyplants #wildflowerhour

Kathy Chandler 🌻Mar 26, 2023

The Blackthorn is now in bloom. Regarded as the sister of Hawthorn, the two woven together are considered especially magical, representing darkness and light. Garlands of Blackthorn and Hawthorn are often used to top maypoles as a symbol of fertility.
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