Winter aconite
Eranthis hymenalis
An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015
Wild flowers
Small, low, perrenial bulb; flower ca. 1 cm opening to 2 cm wide, yellow, cup-shaped. Immediately beneath the flower is a rosette of glossy green strap-like sepals. First flowers appear towards the end of January.
Scattered around the garden, primarily under the cut-leaf beech and in the front border around the bladder nut tree.