The flora of PĂ©rigord in South-West France is abundant and diverse. In this blog you can find, in pictures, brief encounters with several hundreds of wild flowers and plants as they grow here in French Perigord. Following the seasons other species are added. An index of scientific and English names you find below on the right.

Corine Oosterlee is a botanist and photographer and she offers guided Botanical Walks and other activities around plants and vegetation in nature in Perigord. Do you want to know more? On www.baladebotanique.fr you can find more information. For Corine's photography see www.corineoosterlee.com. Both websites also in English.

Enjoy!




March 15, 2018

Fritillary



The Fritillaries (Fritillaria meleagris) are in flower!






Every year in March they are having a party.

In wet valleys you can find the purple bells, in a sunny meadow or near the stream under the trees.







Normally they are surrounded by other spring flowers, here with contrasting yellow Lesser Celandines.






Or, to stay with pink and purple, wuth Cuckoo flowers.

Enjoy!