It looks like …

by | May 14, 2019 | everything, plants

umbellifer, hemlock flowershemlock leaves So that is how it looks like. Hemlock photos taken in the Physics Garden Chelsea.

Jewel-like

by | Mar 19, 2019 | creepy crawlies, everything

Sadly, these grow up to be herbivores. Slugs to be precise. I was checking some potted plants and there they were: Glistening beautifully in the sun. I know, they will munch my dahlia seedlings quicker than one can blink when they’ve hatched. But aren’t...

Hazelnuts

by | Mar 16, 2019 | everything, plants

Corylus avellana on a February morning, dripping wet with mist. For a few weeks in winter hazelnuts are wearing tassels. These are waiting until the fog has cleared and they can happily sway in the wind. There is a pair of hazels in my front garden,...

Look at me!

by | Feb 27, 2019 | everything, plants

Growing in a pot and happy to do so it seems. This hellebore is doing very well in the terracotta pot for 2 years now. Such a beauty.

New Beginnings

by | Feb 21, 2019 | everything, plants

The bumblebee just left the picture – they are out already in February! Snowdrops open their petals, when the sun comes out, and attract early bumblebees, long before spring arrives. These are just ordinary snowdrops, nothing special. Although they are very...