‘A cold wind stirs the Blackthorn’ #trees

Posted by on Apr 10, 2017 in 2017, April, Blackthorn, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Blackthorn, April 2017

 

From ‘Endure Hardness‘ by Christina Rossetti. (more…)

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Opposite-leaved Golden-Saxifrage #wildflowers

Posted by on Apr 9, 2017 in 2017, April, Flowers, Opposite-leaved Golden-Saxifrage, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Opposite-leaved Golden-Saxifrage, April 2017

 

Chrysosplenium oppositifolium. (more…)

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Bluebell time #wildflowers

Posted by on Apr 6, 2017 in 2017, April, Bluebell, Flowers, Plants, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Bluebells, April 2017

 

A first April visit and plenty of Hyacinthoides non-scripta to be seen. (more…)

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The lucky tree #plants

Posted by on Apr 1, 2017 in 2017, March, Spindle, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Spindle, March 2017

 

Spindle, Euonymus europaea. (more…)

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Barren Strawberry #plants

Posted by on Mar 31, 2017 in 2017, Barren Strawberry, Flowers, March, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Barren Strawberry, March 2017

 

Potentilla sterilis. (more…)

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Wood Anemone #wildflowers

Posted by on Mar 29, 2017 in 2017, Flowers, March, Spring, Wood Anemone | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Wood Anemone, March 2017

 

Anemone nemorosa. (more…)

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A shade different #wildflowers

Posted by on Mar 27, 2017 in 2017, Flowers, March, Plants, Primrose, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Primroses, March 2017

 

Every year in the same place, a small group of pinkish-purplish Primroses appear. (more…)

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‘How doth his patient strength the rude March wind … #trees

Posted by on Mar 22, 2017 in 2017, March, Oak, Plants, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Oak, March 2017

 

‘Persuade to seem glad breaths of summer breeze.’ (more…)

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Forest of moss #nature

Posted by on Mar 21, 2017 in 2017, March, Moss, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Moss, unidentified, March 2017

 

Perhaps Creeping Feather Moss, Amblystegium serpens. (more…)

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How to avoid long teeth #plants #wildflowers

Posted by on Mar 20, 2017 in 2017, Common Dog Violet, Flowers, March, Plants, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Common Dog-violet, March 2017

 

Eat Common Dog-Violet, Viola riviniana, according to Plant Lore. (more…)

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An emetic and purgative #plants

Posted by on Mar 17, 2017 in 2017, Dog's Mercury, Flowers, March, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Dog's Mercury, March 2017

 

Among the qualities of Mercurialis perennis, according to The Poison Garden website. (more…)

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Primrose #wildflowers

Posted by on Mar 14, 2017 in 2017, Flowers, March, Primrose, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Primrose, March 2017

 

Lovely to see Primula vulgaris back on the rides. (more…)

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