Elder #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 25, 2024 in 2024, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Elder, Plants, September, Trees | 0 comments

Sambucus nigra.

Picture taken September 1.

#trees #plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods #elder #elderberry

Elder #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Jun 7, 2024 in 2024, An English Wood Blog, Elder, June, Plants, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

Sambucus nigra.

Picture taken June 1.

#trees #plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods #elder

Elder #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 23, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, August, Elder, Plants, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

Sambucus nigra.

Picture taken August 16.

#trees #plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods #elder

Elder #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 16, 2022 in 2022, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Elder, Plants, September, Trees | 0 comments

Sambucus nigra.

Picture taken September 11.

#trees #plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #tree

Elder #trees

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 27, 2019 in 2019, Autumn, Elder, September, Trees | 0 comments

Sambucus nigra. (more…)

Elder #trees

Posted by Wildwood on Jul 1, 2019 in 2019, Elder, June, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

Sambucus nigra. (more…)

Elder #trees

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 24, 2017 in 2017, August, Elder, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

Sambucus nigra. (more…)

Keep the devil away #trees

Posted by Wildwood on Feb 24, 2017 in Elder, February, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

Plant Elder, Sambucus nigra, by your house to keep Lucifer elsewhere. (more…)

Winter colour (1) #trees

Posted by Wildwood on Dec 22, 2016 in 2016, December, Elder, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

Looks more like Spring with this Elder, Sambucus nigra. (more…)

Anglo-Saxon for ‘kindle’ #plants

Posted by Wildwood on Jun 23, 2016 in 2016, Elder, June, Plants, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

Elder, probably named from ‘aeld‘ as the tree was used as kindling or the hollow stems as bellows. (more…)

The tree of fire #plants

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 30, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Elder, September, Trees | 0 comments

The name ‘Elder’ may come from the Anglo-Saxon ‘aeld’, meaning fire, because the hollow stems were used as bellows to blow air into the centre of a fire, says the Woodland Trust. (more…)