The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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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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    Burnet rose

    July 12, 2021

    Heath milkwort

    August 12, 2012

    Cherry galls on oak leaves

    November 18, 2013
  • 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 ancient oak woods of Taynish

    July 2, 2015

    Devil’s-bit scabious

    August 24, 2016

    The whirlpool of Corryvreckan

    July 7, 2012
  • 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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    Marsh marigold: the yellow plant of Beltane

    April 29, 2016

    Early Purple Orchid

    May 26, 2014

    Ballachuan hazel wood

    May 11, 2016
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    "To dwellers in a wood, almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature."

    Thomas Hardy, 'Under the Greenwood Tree'
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