Today’s one tiny beautiful thing really is tiny. Indeed it is one of the smallest wildflowers (if not the smallest), I’ve ever seen. ‘Though I have written a book about wildflowers and have picked, studied and shot them all my life, today I found a new one to me. Whitlow-grass:
Also known as Draba, Shadflower and Nailwort, Whitlow-grass is an herbaceous perennial of the mustard family. It is a teeny-tiny, oh-so-exquisite faux-Daisy and I immediately fell in love with it which is why Whitlow-grass is today’s one tiny beautiful thing.