This
Daphne bholua has an exquisite scent and attracts scores of bees. Click on any picture to expand it. Later, on 9 March a red admiral butterfly was feeding on it
Prepare for landing...
Note the pollen sacs on this lucky bee.
I have reduced the height of Surreyrambler's laurel hedge from 18 feet to 5 feet and the width by 6 feet. Dog rose, honey suckle, hawthorn, a bramble cultivar, hollies, yews and shrubs have been planted to eventually replace the existing laurel. This will be further removed once the native plants are established. Such light pruning with a chain saw is necessary from time to time!
Above are some of the prunings!
A solitary female frog was grasped by
two males before laying this spawn earlier this week in Cuckfield. I hope that the icy covering last night has not killed the developing embryos.
This Daphne bholua has an exquisite scent and attracts scores of bees. Click on any picture to expand it. Later, on 9 March a red admiral butterfly was feeding on it
Prepare for landing...
Note the pollen sacs on this lucky bee.
I have reduced the height of Surreyrambler's laurel hedge from 18 feet to 5 feet and the width by 6 feet. Dog rose, honey suckle, hawthorn, a bramble cultivar, hollies, yews and shrubs have been planted to eventually replace the existing laurel. This will be further removed once the native plants are established. Such light pruning with a chain saw is necessary from time to time!
Above are some of the prunings!
A solitary female frog was grasped by two males before laying this spawn earlier this week in Cuckfield. I hope that the icy covering last night has not killed the developing embryos.
1 comment:
That's going to be quite some hedge! I have a dog rose in our garden, which I love for its vigour and hips in the autumn. We used to have a rubus (tricolor) but I had to dig it out, it was too invasive after the third year. Good luck with it all. I envy you the daphne.
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