Oak flowers …. Many of our Spring Spectaculars are provided by trees. The procession of white blossom on the hedgerows begins early on with cherry plum or myrobalan. Blackthorn follows and the trio is completed just when late spring merges into summer by the familiar hawthorn. The Japanese are famous for their near worship of […]
The Lesser Celandine …. Gardens are opened for visitors to admire their displays of snowdrops. Bluebell walks are ever more popular and coach parties are organised to visit fields of daffodils and tulips. There is no place in popular culture for one little spring flower, one that is easily overlooked and even mistaken for distant
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Leaves ……. One small leaf dancing furiously at the tip of a twig as the wind passes through the trees seems reluctant to join its peers. They lie on the ground in countless numbers or find themselves piled into drifts by that very same wind or are whirled away on eddies of air. Loved for
