The Hazel Tree

The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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  • Bird’s foot trefoil

    August 2, 2014 /

    Affectionately called 'hen and chickens' or 'bacon and eggs', the flowers of bird's foot trefoil light up sand dunes, heathland and rocky shores

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    A walk to Barnakill

    October 9, 2021

    The Anemone of Passiontide

    April 6, 2012

    The holly bears the crown

    November 26, 2013
  • In a nutshell: the daisy or ‘day’s eye’

    May 31, 2014 /

    Known as the 'day's eye', because the flowers open only in full sunlight and close up again at dusk. Perhaps we should feel guilty about mowing their heads off!

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    Wild cherry: the last snow of spring

    April 19, 2019

    Sycamore: colonist or custodian?

    October 6, 2017

    Lochbuie Stone Circle and Moy Castle, Isle of Mull

    January 13, 2024
  • Early Purple Orchid

    May 26, 2014 /

    With spikes of the richest, deepest magenta and leaves that are strangely blotched with purple, this is one show-stopping flower!

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    The plants of Dollar Glen

    September 15, 2014

    Wild cherry: the last snow of spring

    April 19, 2019

    The fragrance of juniper

    November 29, 2015
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