March 2019

Monday 2 March

Another windy cold morning

The old female cones and the new male catkins on Alder - Alnus glutinosa

 Butterbur - Petasites hybridus

Leaves follow the flower, big ones that remind me of rhubarb, Butterbur - Petasites hybridus

Almost in flower Dog's Mercury - Mercurialis perennis these are the male flowers, female flowers seem scarcer there are a few around the valley fortunately they produce creeping runners or roots.

 Foxglove - Digitalis purpurea leaves this should flower this year.

The Old Cottages must have been solid when you look at the stone that is left.

Take Care

Tuesday 2 December

Damp & mild

Sun rising over Duxbury

This is too early weather is confusing the plants - Butterbur - Petasites hybridus

I am not surprised seeing Daisy - Bellis perennis it will flower as long as it can

 Even Darwin's Barberry - Berberis darwinii is attempting to flower again, this years berries have been stripped by the birds weeks ago.

 Firethorn - Pyracantha coccinea has been stripped

apart from one lone berry I managed to spot - Firethorn - Pyracantha coccinea

The Big Lodge (again) a view I never tire of

Take Care

Wednesday 4 June

What a spell of good weather we are having

Bumble Bee on Comfrey

Butterbur - Petasites hybridus

Common Comfrey - Symphytum officinale

Common Spotted Orchid - Dactylorhiza fuchsii

Foxglove - Digitalis purpurea

Silver-ground Carpet - Xanthorhoe montanata

Oxeye Daisy - Leucanthemum vulgare

Yellow Rattle - Rhianthus minor

Take Care

Tuesday 8 April

Another good morning

 Butterbur - Petasites hybridus leaves just showing

 King Alfred's Cakes

 King Alfred's Cakes Think he burnt these :)

Meg on the hunt

Wild Garlic, Ramsons - Allium ursinum some tasty leaves for the salad

Sycamore - Acer pseudoplatanus

Take Care

Monday 31 March

A pleasant walk this morning

 The Daffodils look good this year

Arnold & George in the distance

 Daffodils & Butterbur

Went for a walk down the new road in the afternoon, found nothing unusual 

 Tulips

Coppull - can hardly believe it's over 20 years since we moved here, never lived in one home so long - the village has grown since we came and more houses appear at what I think is an alarming rate. Yet houses are left empty for years no one wants to live in old terraced properties sad really.

Take Care

Sunday 9 March

Lots of photos today so I will split them up.

Flowers & Leaves today

 Alder - Alnus glutinosa showing the female flowers above the male catkins

 Butterbur - Petasites hybridus

 Cherry Plum - Prunus cerasifera showing the green thornless shoot with the Flowers in the lower photo

 Cowslip - Primula veris

 Garlic Mustard - Alliaria petiolata

 Red Campion - Silene dioica

Russian Comfrey - Symphytum x uplandicum

Take Care