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Christmas baubles

24 Monday Dec 2018

Posted by sconzani in nature, plants, winter

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berries, fruit, hips, Nature's decorations, winter colour

Here are more of the beautiful ‘Christmas decorations’ currently adorning the otherwise-dreary December countryside, courtesy of Ma Nature, and some of these are even edible, by birds and animals if not necessarily by humans.

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Happy Floral Friday!

01 Friday Dec 2017

Posted by sconzani in flowers, nature, winter

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#FloralFriday, purple flowers, winter colour, winter flowers

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A pinch and a punch for the first of the month, and hello winter!

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Berries full to bursting

26 Sunday Nov 2017

Posted by sconzani in autumn, nature, plants, wildflowers, winter

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autumn colour, Black bryony, British flora, bryony, poisonous berries, red berries, Tamus communis, winter colour

The name ‘bryony’ is entirely appropriate for this plant as it comes from the Greek word bruein which, apparently, means ‘to be full to bursting’. However, though the berries of Black bryony (Tamus communis) are cherry-red and luscious-looking, please don’t be tempted to eat them as they are deadly poisonous.

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There are, in fact, two plants with the bryony name in Britain, White bryony and Black, but they are not part of the same plant family. Rather surprisingly, Black bryony is the only member of the yam family to grow here but, again, don’t be tempted to eat its roots. In spring and summer, Black bryony’s long tangling vines can be found rambling over, under and through the shrubs and bushes of hedgerows and scrub-lands, and in autumn and winter, though the heart-shaped leaves brown and drop, the masses of red berries brighten up the countryside for many months.

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171126 Black bryony berries (1)

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