Woodpeckers are drumming in the woods; frogs are croaking in our pond. The snowdrops are in full bloom, primroses and celandines starting to open; the ranks of the bluebell leaves are assembling. On the bramble stems fresh green is starting to show in the buds contrasting with the holey, dark greeny-brown of last year’s foliage.… Continue reading The magic of spring
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Non-native plants in woodland ground flora in the future
The snowdrops are coming into bloom in the woods on the top of Wytham Hill; soon there will be the (garden variety) daffodils and even a plant or two of star-of-Bethlehem: all non-natives, but I will enjoy their beauty none-the-less. They are part of the story of the Woods, mostly probably planted in the 1920s.… Continue reading Non-native plants in woodland ground flora in the future
The Old Man of Wytham 