WAB Members' Garden Photos

[nightshade]

I think Dan has found the word, that poppy looks as if it is strained
and pent up with the urge to blossom,nice one Wildflower

[wildflower]

Dan ..no i am just a poor amateur but thanks for the compliment..I have used a fuji s9600 on the poppy i just use the macro button..I took some nice photos last year as well with just a small olympus digital just 5m i only like taking pictures of flowers and trees.. i think dandelions are my speciality..

[almostnormal]

here are a couple of shots of our wood and water bits of the garden....although i think wood is stretching it a bit, in none the less seems to have some shade lovers in there including various fungi, lesser celendine and also honesty





not as fab as some of your gardens but very wildlife rich anyway!

[thunder]

A bit more of my orchard, taken looking down the centre. You can see, I think, where I have been scything the Nettles, leaving little islands for some patches of Lord and Ladies.



henrya

[Kayleigh]

This is my berberis in flower

And my Bay trees in flower


We have to cover the pond now to keep the dog out, but the garden is starting to come alive again.

[jennyb]

This spring is quite amazing. There is a riot of colour. I know it is not native but here is a picture of my azalea. The scent is incredible.



Jenny

[mrs fish]

Some early flowering Shamrock

[Gill Catton]

Originally Posted by jennyb

This spring is quite amazing. There is a riot of colour. I know it is not native but here is a picture of my azalea. The scent is incredible.



Jenny

That's a gorgeous photograph and what a colour!!!

BTW I liked your pignut photo too...... liked the blend of greens and ghostly white...

[smartie]

One of my favourite flowers at this time of year is this Darmera peltata by the pond.



Favourite because it's odd, coming up from the corms before the leaves, and because we don't see it every year, as the flowers are also a favourite of the muntjac. Luckily we've only lost a couple this year. The big rhubarb-like leaves offer good shelter for the pond wildlife and are a great source of winter bugs as they decay. And of nesting material for the blackbirds if I don't clear them promptly in the spring.

[jennyb]

Originally Posted by smartie

One of my favourite flowers at this time of year is this Darmera peltata by the pond.



Favourite because it's odd, coming up from the corms before the leaves, and because we don't see it every year, as the flowers are also a favourite of the muntjac. Luckily we've only lost a couple this year. The big rhubarb-like leaves offer good shelter for the pond wildlife and are a great source of winter bugs as they decay. And of nesting material for the blackbirds if I don't clear them promptly in the spring.

That is very pretty. I have never seen one before. Does it grow in the water or just near the pond? If it is in the water, I would risk trying one - I don't think the deer like to get their feet wet!

Jenny