Tried taking my friend on a walk from Newick to Isfield in Sussex today but unfortunately both of us are intimidated by cows in a meadow 🙂 Managed to spot this beautifully bright orange azalea though so the short walk was worthwhile.
This shrub is growing close to the pavement on the walk to school. Its striking shocking pink colour and spindly structure are unusual and beautiful.
This spiny looking shrub looked even more striking with its bright pink flowers when they were peeping through the snow
The pretty scented flowers of this evergreen shrum make their appearance in October/November and provide something lovely to look at in winter. This cluster was peeping over the fence from my neighbour’s garden.
Took this photo of Hypericum patulum in a friend’s garden. The shrub has dark green leaves and beautiful large yellow blooms. Apparently got it’s name from early Christians because it blooms at the time when people traditionally celebrate St. John the Baptist’s birth (24 June).
The bright pink clusters of tubular flowers are striking against the dark green leaves of this summer flowering shrub. A happy place for bees.