I am going to join in with Dawn’s Festival of Spring which will last for 10 -12 weeks in celebration of this season and share something that is happening in or around my neighbourhood each week. For my final post I am going to share a few photos of the wildflowers at this time of…
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festival of spring #9
I am going to join in with Dawn’s Festival of Spring which will last for 10 -12 weeks in celebration of this season and share something that is happening in or around my neighbourhood each week. Common hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) is also known as the May Tree and is so called after the month in…
festival of spring #8
I am going to join in with Dawn’s Festival of Spring which will last for 10 -12 weeks in celebration of this season and share something that is happening in or around my neighbourhood each week. Gorse (Ulex europaeus): There are three types of gorse in the UK which are all very similar. Common Gorse…
festival of spring #7
I am going to join in with Dawn’s Festival of Spring which will last for 10 -12 weeks in celebration of this season and share something that is happening in or around my neighbourhood each week. May is when the blossom appears – frothy clouds of pink and white, as long as the wind and…
festival of spring #6
I am going to join in with Dawn’s Festival of Spring which will last for 10 -12 weeks in celebration of this season and share something that is happening in or around my neighbourhood each week. If you visit Cornwall during the early spring you may be fooled into thinking that the masses of white…
festival of spring #5
I am going to join in with Dawn’s Festival of Spring which will last for 10 -12 weeks in celebration of this season and share something that is happening in or around my neighbourhood each week. Spring in the countryside is when the umbellifers appear, first of these are Alexanders or Horse Parsley (Smyrnium olusatrum) which…
festival of spring #4
I am going to join in with Dawn’s Festival of Spring which will last for 10 -12 weeks in celebration of this season and share something that is happening in or around my neighbourhood each week. The large, golden flowers of Marsh-marigold (Scientific name: Caltha palustris) look like the cups of kings, hence its other name: ‘Kingcup‘….
Nature Photo Challenge: Tulips
All photos taken in my garden over the Easter weekend. Denzil Nature Photo Challenge #7 | Tulips
festival of spring #3
I am going to join in with Dawn’s Festival of Spring which will last for 10 -12 weeks in celebration of this season and share something that is happening in or around my neighbourhood each week. The hedgerows and woodland edges in England will be full of this white blossom now. Often mistaken for Hawthorn the…
festival of spring #2
I am going to join in with Dawn’s Festival of Spring which will last for 10 -12 weeks in celebration of this season and share something that is happening in or around my neighbourhood each week. Back in 2019 I planted several Fritillaria meleagris bulbs into what was a small triangular patch of lawn which I…
Cornwall in Colours 