A journey which follows the colour pulse of plants thoroughout the year, searching for new rhythms in a changing world. Traces the growing, flowering, seeding and dying back to earth of wild flowers, weeds, herbs and garden perennials which sustain and enrich our everyday lives The paperback of the first Little Toller monograph. The writer Paul Evans, also known for Field Notes from the Edge and for his many country diaries for The Guardian, traces the seasons through the life-cycle of herbaceous plants.