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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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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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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‘O silver one, O silver one’ #plants

Posted by on Sep 1, 2015 in 2015, August, Birch, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Silver Birch, August, 2015

 

From The Silver Birch by Herbert Asquith. (more…)

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Ready to fruit #plants

Posted by on Aug 29, 2015 in 2015, August, Spindle, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Spindle, August 2015

 

Spindle, Euonymus europaeus, with berries that will turn deep pink when ripe. (more…)

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Turkeytail #fungi

Posted by on Aug 27, 2015 in 2015, August, Birch, Fungi, Summer, Trees, Turkeytail | 0 comments

 

 

Fungi, Turkeytail, August 2015

 

Trametes versicolor on fallen Silver Birch. (more…)

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‘You mighty one of all the trees’ #plants

Posted by on Aug 24, 2015 in 2015, August, Oak, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

 

Trees, Oak, August 2015

 

A line from The Old Oak Tree by William H Davies. (more…)

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The stillness of #trees #plants

Posted by on Aug 22, 2015 in 2015, August, General, Rides, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, east ride, August 2015

 

A heavily overcast, sultry morning and a sense of brooding pervades the east ride. (more…)

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‘Of all the wonders of nature, a tree in summer is perhaps the most remarkable;

Posted by on Aug 16, 2015 in 2015, August, General, Summer, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

General, trees, August 2015

 

‘With the possible exception of a moose singing “Embraceable You” in spats’. (more…)

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