“The woods are lovely, dark and deep” #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Dec 22, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, December, General, Month, Nature, Plants, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

Looking south and a line by Robert Frost.

Picture taken December 2.

#trees #plants #plant #naturephotography #woods #tree

Hazel #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Dec 12, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, December, Hazel, Plants, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

Corylus avellana.

Picture taken December 2.

#trees #plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods #hazel

Spindle #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Dec 5, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, December, Month, Plants, Spindle, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

Euonymus europaeus.

Picture taken December 2.

#trees #plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods #spindle

Beech #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Nov 17, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Beech, November, Plants, Trees | 0 comments

A holy tree, prayers uttered under Fagus sylvatica, go straight to heaven, according to Discovering The Folklore of Plants.

Picture taken November 2.

#trees #plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods #beech

Wild cherry #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Oct 27, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, October, Plants, Trees, Wild Cherry | 0 comments

Prunus avium.

Picture taken October 10.

#trees #plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods #cherry

Spindle #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Oct 17, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, October, Spindle, Trees | 0 comments

Euonymus europaeus.

Picture taken October 1.

#trees #plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods #spindle

‘…see the fading many-coloured woods’ #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Oct 10, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Hawthorn, Month, Oak, October, Plants, Trees | 0 comments

The fruit of Oak and Hawthorn and a line from James Thomson’s “Autumn” .

Picture taken on October 1.

#trees #plants #plant #naturephotography #woods #tree #oak #hawthorn

Hornbeam nut #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 12, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Hornbeam, Month, Plants, September, Trees | 0 comments

Carpinus betulus.

Picture taken September 1.

#trees #plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods #hornbeam

Sloes #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 22, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, August, Blackthorn, Plants, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

Blackthorn, Prunus spinosa.

Picture taken August 6.

#trees #plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods #blackthorn

Guelder Rose #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 15, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, August, Guelder Rose, Month, Plants, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

The fruit of Viburnum opulus usually appears in the Autumn.

Picture taken August 6.

#shrubs #shrub #plant #plants #trees #nature #naturephotography #woods

Take to strengthen the liver? #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Jun 13, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, Field Maple, May, Plants, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

The seventeenth English botanist and herbalist Nicholas Culpeper recommended using the leaves and bark of Field Maple, Acer campestre.

Picture taken May 28. 
#trees #plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods #maple

Wild Cherry #tree

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 18, 2025 in 2025, An English Wood Blog, April, Plants, Spring, Trees, Wild Cherry | 0 comments

Prunus avium.

Picture taken April 7.

#trees #plants #plant #nature #naturephotography #woods #cherry