The tendrils wrap and climb … #plants

Posted by on Sep 26, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Flowers, Ivy, September | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Ivy, September 2015

 

Ivy, Hedera helix. (more…)

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Fruit of the Spindle tree #plants

Posted by on Sep 25, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, September, Spindle, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Spindle, September 2015

 

Euonymus europaea. (more…)

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From ‘scrobb’ to ‘crab’ #plants

Posted by on Sep 23, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Crab Apple, September, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Tree, Crab Apple, September 2015

 

The ‘crab’ in Crab Apple derives from ‘scrobb’, the Anglo-Saxon for shrub, suggests Stevens. (more…)

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‘So red, that all the blood of men …

Posted by on Sep 21, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Hawthorn, September | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Hawthorn, September 2015

 

Could never paint it so again.’ (more…)

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On a 300 year journey #trees

Posted by on Sep 18, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Hornbeam, September, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Hornbeam, September 2015

 

Hopefully this young Hornbeam, Carpinus betulus, planted in March 2014, will live a full life span. (more…)

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Blue among the grey #nature

Posted by on Sep 16, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, General, September, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, general, September 2015

 

And summer slips away … (more…)

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‘The Red—Blaze—is the Morning’ #plants

Posted by on Sep 14, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Black Bryony, Flowers, September | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Black Bryony, September 2015

 

A line from the poem of the same name by Emily Dickinson. (more…)

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Wild Cherry #plants

Posted by on Sep 13, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, September, Trees, Wild Cherry | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, WIld Cherry, September 2015

 

One of the Prunus avium planted in Spring, 2014. (more…)

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Nature’s bounty #plants

Posted by on Sep 11, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Bramble, Flowers, September | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Bramble, September 2015

 

Bramble, Rubus fruticosus. (more…)

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Time to go sloe with a gin #plants

Posted by on Sep 10, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Blackthorn, September, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Blackthorn, September 2015

 

Blackthorn, Prunus spinosa. (more…)

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The colour of Autumn #plants

Posted by on Sep 7, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Black Bryony, Bramble, Flowers, Plants, September | 0 comments

 
 

Flowers, Brambles, Black Bryony, September 2015

 

The wood feels very Autumnal, plenty of ripening berries while more fungi are starting to emerge. (more…)

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Water Mint #plants

Posted by on Sep 3, 2015 in 2015, August, Flowers, Plants, Summer, Water Mint | 0 comments

 
 

Flowers, Water Mint, August 2015

 

Mentha aquatica. (more…)

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