The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

  • Jo Woolf
  • Books
  • Contact
  • Index
  • Jo Woolf
  • Books
  • Contact
  • Index
  • Jo Woolf
  • Books
  • Contact
  • Index
  • Lesser celandine: greeting the sun

    March 15, 2016 /

    Star-like flowers of pure yellow welcome the first spring sunshine

    Read More

    You May Also Like

    Golden saxifrage

    April 6, 2018

    Enchanter’s nightshade

    July 4, 2019

    Burnet rose

    July 12, 2021
  • The primrose: herald of spring

    March 6, 2014 /

    In March, the sweet yellow heads of primroses start to appear in the hedgerows. As one of the first signs of spring, they make a heartwarming sight!

    Read More

    You May Also Like

    Common butterwort

    July 9, 2012

    Birdsong and light

    January 31, 2026

    Plant-hunting in Sutherland

    July 23, 2025
  • Windflowers – tears of Aphrodite

    May 17, 2013 /

    According to a Greek legend, wood anemones - or windflowers - sprang up where the tears of Aphrodite fell. A lovely story, although she must have wept quite a lot, poor girl!

    Read More

    You May Also Like

    For the love of mistletoe

    November 30, 2014

    The primrose: herald of spring

    March 6, 2014

    The holly bears the crown

    November 26, 2013
12

Latest books

Buy Me a Coffee

Recent Posts

  • Under the stars
  • Dun Dornaigil in Strathmore
  • Balnakeil Chapel in Sutherland
  • Clachtoll broch
  • The Bone Caves of Inchnadamph
  • Bronze Age cairns in Kilmartin Glen
  • Beauly Priory

Categories

"To dwellers in a wood, almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature."

Thomas Hardy, 'Under the Greenwood Tree'
All content - © 2026 Jo Woolf - Ashe Theme by Royal-Flush