Wall pennywort
As they are both coastal regions many of the wild flowers in Guernsey and Herm were the same as those which grow in Fife. However, this one wall pennywort or navelwort
(Umbilicus rupestris), which was growing in profusion, occurs mainly in South West England and the Channel Islands.
Wall pennywort growing on fallen tree trunks on Herm.
A geranium species.
The purple geranium contrasts well with the orange marigold.
Scarlet pimpernel
(Anagallis arvensis).
A stunning wild flower carpet on Herm of thyme, viper's bugloss, birds foot trefoil and hawkweed.
Sheeep's bit scabious
(Jasiona montana). I think that the yellow flowers are hawkweed.
A colourful bank of sea-daisies
(Erigeron glaucus) and mesembryanthemums.
St Peter Port daisy
(Erigeron karvinskianus). Plants were introduced into Britain in the 1830s from Mexico, as garden plants. The first record of it becoming naturalised comes from St Peter Port in Guernsey in the 1860s. It has spread throughout the island ever since, although is probably seen at its best on the walls in the town. It is quite frequent in the south of England.
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
Two small ferns growing in a wall. I think that the one above is wall-rue and the lower one hart's tongue fern.
Lichen covered rocks together with mesembryanthemums.
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