GREENWOOD
Nature and the neighbourhood
Dandelions 1
Posted on April 10, 2021
I always think that dandelions are such lovely flowers. They make such a wonderful splash of golden yellow colour. I know they are a nuisance if they put their long roots down in places where you want to grow other things, but out on their own in the wild where they belong, they look as ornate as miniature chrysanthemums.
Flowers at the Cricket Ground
Posted on April 7, 2021
Have you noticed the splendid flower planters just outside the cricket pavilion? They are absolutely beautiful. Such lovely colourful arrangements of early flowering plants. They complement the new wooden benches that have been constructed around the pitch. Its looking good for the new season at the Cricket Club just a few yards from Greenwood House.
Blackthorn blossoms
Posted on April 4, 2021
The numerous small blossoms of the blackthorn shrubs are flowering in profusion – clouds of soft, hazy white adorn many of the hedgerows around Charlton Down. They belie the spikiness of the twigs which bear them, and, come the autumn, will have produced the dusty dark blue fruits known as sloes that people sometimes flavour gin with.
Bluebell time
Posted on April 3, 2021
It’s that time of year again. The weather is warming up and spring flowers are evident in the grounds around Greenwood House and the wilder parts of the village. The first isolated clumps of bluebells have flowered. I think most of these are hybrids with the Spanish garden variety. There are quite a few pink or white ones among the pale blue. The native truly wild ones are forming layers of glossy leaves among the clumps of trees in various places but the flower buds are not yet visible.
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