Wouldn’t you know it? After finishing yesterday’s post about wildflowers and trees currently in bloom, I went for a walk and found several Blackthorn / Sloe bushes / trees in flower. They’ve probably been flowering for a week or more but I hadn’t walked the path they were growing along – a reminder to keep mixing up my walking routes. What blossom have you seen in your area?
No wild plants yet but the Witch Hazel in my garden has been flowering for a couple of weeks and the scent is fabulous. Also on my lane walks there are a couple of winter flowering Viburnums – I stop, close my eyes and breathe in the scent from the sparse flowers, and summer blooms again!
Ah, I can almost smell them from your description. Scents are so evocative, aren’t they? 🙂
Haven’t seen any blackthorn yet, very pretty. Looking forward to seeing some. 😊
It’s certainly cheering when the weather is gloomy and wet, which seems to be much of the time at the moment. 🙂
Nice! Where is this?
Hi Paul. I’m on the south Wales coast, and this is at Cosmeston Lakes Country Park, just west of Cardiff. 🙂
So lovely. Not even a sniff around here yet 😂