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Trees and plants

London in Spring

As summer draws to an end in Britain, I thought I’d feature some Spring flowers to remind us all of what is to come again in just a few months. […]

Papyrus

Found in abundance in the Okavango Delta, this beautiful plant is the papyrus.  Its delicate greens, rich reds and tawny browns meant it fast became one of my favourite plants of […]

Ivory Thistles

Here are some more beautiful thistles, from the same garden in Wiltshire as my previous thistle post.  These are Eryngium, also known as Ivory Thistles or Sea Holly.  Both are […]

Branching Out

This week, Cee has challenged us to display black and white images of the things we most like to photograph. I couldn’t really pick one thing that I enjoy capturing […]

African Water Lilies

Despite their name, water lilies are not related to the true lilies (family Liliaceae). The name “lily” is applied to a number of plants that are not at all closely […]

A Thistle Epistle

Dear Eeyore I know how fond you are of thistles, so I thought of you when I came across these beauties in a garden in Wiltshire recently. My taste in […]

Rare Lobelia

Normally I think of Lobelia hanging in baskets and cascading over window boxes, but this one has a more exciting life; you can see it below perched on the cliff […]