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 – a red sun
wordless Wednesday
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! Continue reading
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
