#bracts

Plant of the Day

Thursday 5 March 2026

An unusual groundcover for a shaded location is Sanicula epipactis 'Thor' (Hacquetia) which is a low-growing, clump-forming perennial. In late winter it produces tiny yellow flowers surrounded by variegated bracts. The leaves develop later with a narrow white margins.

Flowers in the aster family have one of the most recognizable shapes in botany – a circle with a series of petals surrounding it. If you were asked to draw a flower, there is a good chance your drawing would look something like a sunflower, a daisy, a cosmos, or an aster. It’s one of the most basic flower shapes, and yet it isn’t a single flower; it’s a pseudanthium – a false flower. This is…

Dokudami's

White flowers blooming in clusters

Not a flower

Bracts, not flowers. A versatile medicinal herb.

ドクダミの

群れ咲く白花

花ならず

花ではなく苞。万能の薬草。

Pink Dogwood