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| It's a busy time at the Yorkshire Arboretum, with lots going on in every way. Most importantly, spring is surging ahead and the trees are at their most beautiful stage - the optimistic greens of spring. |
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| We are putting in a new drain to try to reduce waterlogging problems in wet periods.: Mike Hainsworth operating the digger with great precision. |
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| Nicola Hall and the Tree Team of volunteers spent today planting trees on the approach to the visitor centre - it looks so much better already. |
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| A glory of dandelions in our wildflower meadow areas. |
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| Male cones of Abies procera 'Glauca' |
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| Bird Cherry, Prunus padus, is in full flower. |
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| A beautiful but unnamed Rhododendron in the arboretum ('Hotei' x 'Skipper') |
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| And the show goes on in Ray Wood... |
Oh, to be in England. Come to think of it, I will be in Scotland in a month! May have to drop in on you...
ReplyDeleteWas just in Germany where they have a high tolerance for dandelions too: I was impressed. My girlfriend pointed one out in a great plantsman's garden and he responded (with a twinkle in his eye) "That's a double form" (the dandelion stayed)...