High up in the green mist of the medlar tree there are some flowers on the small-flowered sweet briar, Rosa micrantha, though the roots of the plant are in the Square Metre.
Back on ground level there are several plants of American willowherb, Epilobium ciliatum, starting into flower. This is an alien species first recorded in the UK in 1891 since when it has spread very widely in many countries apart from Britain. Curiously it is regarded as an endangered species in some American states whilst here it is one of our commonest 'weeds'.
