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  • Lesser celandine: greeting the sun

    March 15, 2016 /

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

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    Honeysuckle

    September 6, 2021

    Burnet rose

    July 12, 2021

    Marsh marigold: the yellow plant of Beltane

    April 29, 2016
  • 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!

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    The Scots pine: keeper of the forest

    February 12, 2014

    Early Purple Orchid

    May 26, 2014

    Back to Ballachuan

    September 10, 2018
  • 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!

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    Lochbuie Stone Circle and Moy Castle, Isle of Mull

    January 13, 2024

    Common butterwort

    July 9, 2012

    The old pinewoods in Glen Orchy

    October 17, 2025
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