From April onwards the wild flowers start to appear on the landscape.
Here are some of the Shetland names:
| Kockaloorie | Daisy |
| Klonger | Dog rose, quite prolific here, pink or white and often scrambling on dry stone walls and forming wind breaks by fences |
| Curl-dodie | A purple orchid of a very striking hue |
| Da trowie-glive | What a great name for a fox glove. Trows are a kind of troll or sort of elemental spirit of nature |
| Bog cotton | Swathes of white cotton heads, used in the past for stuffing pillows (though you’d need a heck of a lot) |
| Arvi | Chick weed (not really a flower but the hens love it) |
| Smora | Clover |
| Seggi-flooer | Yellow flag irises |
Shetland writing and living 