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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‘A tree is an incomprehensible mystery’

Posted by on Apr 5, 2015 in 2015, General, March, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, general, March 2015

 

Quote by cartoonist and writer Jim Woodring. (more…)

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Crack Willow

Posted by on Apr 4, 2015 in 2015, Crack Willow, March, Pond, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Crack Willow, March 2015

 

Salix fragilis. (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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Downed

Posted by on Mar 28, 2015 in 2015, Birch, General, Spring, Spruce, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, general, March 2015

 

Fallen Silver Birch, Betula Pendula, and Spruce, Picea abies. (more…)

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A bud bursts open

Posted by on Mar 25, 2015 in 2015, Hawthorn, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Hawthorn, March 2015

 

Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna. (more…)

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Young and old

Posted by on Mar 20, 2015 in 2015, Ash, Birch, General, March, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, general, March 2015

 

The young broadleaves, planted March 2014 to replace conifers, grow surrounded by Silver Birch, Betula Pendula and Ash, Fraxinus excelsior. (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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