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July 26, 2026
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Poole’s Most Remarkable Trees
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![Bee orchid [Ophrys apifera]. Photographed in May 2022, near Worth Matravers, Dorset.](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/DSC2111-Edit-copy2.jpg?t=1781903149 "Bee orchid [Ophrys apifera]. Photographed in May 2022, near Worth Matravers, Dorset.")
![Lupins [Lupinus] in field by Terwick St Peter Church, West Sussex](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/DSC1209-Edit-copy.jpg?t=1781903149 "Lupins [Lupinus] in field by Terwick St Peter Church, West Sussex")
![Monkey orchid [Orchis simia].](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/DSC3412-EditcopyWeb.jpg?t=1781903150 "Monkey orchid [Orchis simia].")
![Red campion [Silene dioica].](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/1b_DSC8916-Lindsey-Harris.jpg?t=1781903150 "Red campion [Silene dioica].")
![Southern marsh orchid [Dactylorhiza praetermissa>].](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/DSC1938-Edit-copy.jpg?t=1781903150 "Southern marsh orchid [Dactylorhiza praetermissa>].")
![Miniature cyclamen [Primulaceae].](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/DSC3559-Edit.jpg?t=1781903150 "Miniature cyclamen [Primulaceae].")
![Pasqueflower [Pulsatilla vulgaris]. Photographed at Martin Down.](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/DSC3921-Edit.jpg?t=1781903150 "Pasqueflower [Pulsatilla vulgaris]. Photographed at Martin Down.")
![Deadly nightshade [Atropa belladonna]. Photographed growing wild in a Berkshire wood.](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/41051713420_49aac4fb72_c.jpg?t=1781903151 "Deadly nightshade [Atropa belladonna]. Photographed growing wild in a Berkshire wood.")
![Early spider-orchid [Ophrys sphegodes]. Growing in the Purbecks, Dorset.](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/DSC4216-Edit.jpg?t=1781903151 "Early spider-orchid [Ophrys sphegodes]. Growing in the Purbecks, Dorset.")
![Pink common columbine [Aquilegia vulgaris].](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/DSC7006-EditB.jpg?t=1781903151 "Pink common columbine [Aquilegia vulgaris].")
![Woody nightshade [Solanum dulcamara] growing at Luscombe Valley Nature Reserve, Poole.](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/DSC5123-EditMerge-copy.jpg?t=1781903151 "Woody nightshade [Solanum dulcamara] growing at Luscombe Valley Nature Reserve, Poole.")
![Burnt-tip orchid [Neotinea ustulata], Martin Down Nature Reserve, Hampshire.](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/DSC4616-Edit.jpg?t=1781903152 "Burnt-tip orchid [Neotinea ustulata], Martin Down Nature Reserve, Hampshire.")
![Ox-eye daisy at first light. [Leucanthemum vulgare].](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/DSC0740-EditCopy.jpg?t=1781903152 "Ox-eye daisy at first light. [Leucanthemum vulgare].")
![Early purple orchid [Orchis mascula]. Growing in the Purbecks, Dorset.](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/DSC4242-Edit.jpg?t=1781903152 "Early purple orchid [Orchis mascula]. Growing in the Purbecks, Dorset.")
![Pasqueflowers [Pulsatilla vulgaris] after the rain at Barnsley Warren SSSI.](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/1_DSC9816-Edit-copy.jpg?t=1781903152 "Pasqueflowers [Pulsatilla vulgaris] after the rain at Barnsley Warren SSSI.")
![Giant hogweed [Heracleum mantegazzianum] growing in Dorset, in 2021.](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/DSC5050-Edit2.jpg?t=1781903152 "Giant hogweed [Heracleum mantegazzianum] growing in Dorset, in 2021.")
![Bee orchid [Ophrys apifera]. Photographed in June 2023, near Wareham, Dorset.](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/DSC5266-Edit-copy.jpg?t=1781903152 "Bee orchid [Ophrys apifera]. Photographed in June 2023, near Wareham, Dorset.")
![Henbane [Hyoscyamus niger]. Photographed growing wild in Dorset.](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/41538400685_2790f997ce_c.jpg?t=1781903152 "Henbane [Hyoscyamus niger]. Photographed growing wild in Dorset.")
![[Himantoglossum hircinum], the lizard orchid](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/U4A7252-Edit-copy.jpg?t=1781903153 "[Himantoglossum hircinum], the lizard orchid")
![Woodcock orchid [Ophrys scolopax] x Fly orchid [Ophrys insectifera) hybrid,](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/DSC0341-Edit-copy.jpg?t=1781903153 "Woodcock orchid [Ophrys scolopax] x Fly orchid [Ophrys insectifera) hybrid,")
![Dorset sunflowers [Helianthus]. August 2021.](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/DSC5566-Edit-copywebsite.jpg?t=1781903153 "Dorset sunflowers [Helianthus]. August 2021.")
![Dorset sunflower fields at sunset. [Helianthus].](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/DSC3622-EditCopy.jpg?t=1781903154 "Dorset sunflower fields at sunset. [Helianthus].")
