Wordless Wednesday – a red sun

These images are from last week.  I have never seen such a strange sun.

A red sun

A red sun,  it actually looked more red to the naked eye.

A red sun

Wordless Wednesday – Rays of sunshine

Seedlings of Stipa tenuissima pushing through the ground with new shoots of Achillea 

Yellow crocus with Euphorbia myrsinites

Yellow crocus with Euphorbia myrsinites

Open to the sunshine today

Wordless Wednesday – Nectaring

Verbena bonariensis

Wordless Wednesday – Is it a giant ant?

We have ants of all sizes and abilities to give you a nasty nip; large, small, medium seeming even to nest together – they’re not supposed to do that!

Wordless Wednesday – So blue!

Iris reticulata

Wordless Wednesday – Anemone coronaria ‘Sylphide’

Anemone coronaria ‘Sylphide’

Anemone coronaria ‘Sylphide’

Anemone coronaria ‘Sylphide’

First of the year.

Wordless Wednesday

Bearded Iris no ID

Wordless Wednesday – Spring blossom

The quince tree has put on leaf and the blossom is opening all within a few days

This crab apple has pinker flowers but the fruit is yellow, unlike the crab apple I showed yesterday the fruit on this one never stays on the tree for more than a couple of weeks

I’m told this is an ornamental flowering plum, possibly Prunus blireana

Magnolia

A new purchase, Magnolia stellata

Wordless Wednesday – Iris unguicularis

Iris unguicularis

I’m pleased to see that the divisions I’ve made of Iris unguicularis are all now producing flowers. It is the plant that flowers for the longest period during winter; often from November to May

Wordless Wednesday – Tall as a tree