Monday, 16 June 2014

White, Cream and Yellow

Spectacles of wild and independent  bright flowers are a feature of June. Most are white or cream. Rowan and Hawthorn dominate well after Blackthorn has left the stage. Cow Parsley adorns the path edges, sometimes substituted by Sanicle.


A later comer is Elder, perfectly-timed for enterprising folk to make the very best thirst-quenching cordial. Nothing goes down better than this honeyed drink, home-made and quaffed in a hot garden in mid June. Wild honeysuckle itself is also decorating the woodlands at the moment,


its creamy yellow seeming a natural progression in the flowering sequence.


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