In the pink

Posted by on Apr 15, 2015 in 2015, April, Flowers, Primrose, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Primrose, April 2015

 

For the second year in a row, a single clump of the pink-purple form of Primrose has appeared on the southern ride. (more…)

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Wood anemone

Posted by on Apr 13, 2015 in 2015, April, Flowers, Spring, Wood Anemone | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Wood Anemone, April 2015

 

Brilliant – the numbers of Anemone nemorosa have increased ever year since 2010. (more…)

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First Bluebells

Posted by on Apr 12, 2015 in 2015, April, Bluebell, Flowers, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Bluebell, April 2015

 

Here and there, Hyacinthoides non-scripta are beginning to flower. (more…)

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Maker of wine, curer of hangovers

Posted by on Apr 10, 2015 in 2015, April, Common Dog Violet, Flowers, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Dog Violet, April 2015

 

First April visit and many Dog Violet, Viola riviniana, to be seen. (more…)

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Lighting up the rides

Posted by on Apr 7, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, March, Primrose, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Primrose, March 2015

 

Primroses are now much in evidence on all the rides. (more…)

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Opposite -leaved Golden-Saxifrage

Posted by on Apr 3, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, March, Opposite-leaved Golden-Saxifrage, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Opposite-leaved Golden-Saxifrage, March 2015

 

Chrysosplenium oppositifolium. (more…)

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Primrose (detail)

Posted by on Apr 1, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, March, Primrose, Spring | 1 comment

 

 

Flowers, Primrose, March 2015

 

Primula vulgaris. (more…)

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Male in flower

Posted by on Mar 31, 2015 in 2015, Dog's Mercury, Flowers, March, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Dog's Mercury, March 2015

 

The flowers of the male Dog’s Mercury, Mercurialis perennis, are on spikes. (more…)

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North, east and west

Posted by on Mar 17, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, March, Primrose, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Primrose, March 2015

 

Primroses are now open on the north, east and west rides. (more…)

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Spring has sprung

Posted by on Mar 11, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, Lesser Celandine, March, Spring | 1 comment

 

 

Flowers, Lesser Celandine, March 2015

 

Real feeling of Spring in the wood with buzzard, roe deer, pheasant all spotted along with Brimstone and Small Tortoiseshell butterflies and … (more…)

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‘How closely he twineth, how tight he clings …’

Posted by on Mar 7, 2015 in 2015, February, Flowers, Ivy, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Ivy, February 2015

 

From The Ivy Green by Charles Dickens. (more…)

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Multiplying Primroses

Posted by on Feb 26, 2015 in 2015, February, Flowers, Primrose, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Primrose, February 2015

 

Hoping for a good year of Primula vulgaris, a few more flowering on the east ride, lots more to come. (more…)

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